republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2019-regular-session/sb-162.md

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Bill	RELATING TO TAXATION.	Increases the amount of the rental motor vehicle surcharge tax to $5. Repeals the additional surcharge tax for lessees who do not possess a valid Hawaii driver's license. Repeals the requirement that $2 of the additional surcharge be deposited into the county subaccount in the state highway fund. (CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2019 Regular Session	SB 162	Hawaii SB 162 (2019 Regular Session)	bill	Rental Motor Vehicle Surcharge Tax Increase State Highway Fund	enacted	KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party)	7	52	7	2019-01-18	2019-07-03	openstates	ocd-bill/31ae48d1-1af1-48f3-8f23-77ae0c881675	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=162&year=2019	6fe3635f898d5b58bf6198b6c0d2437b513011f213c5277da5f1a29dd1248b96	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii SB 162 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO TAXATION.

Increases the amount of the rental motor vehicle surcharge tax to $5. Repeals the additional surcharge tax for lessees who do not possess a valid Hawaii driver's license. Repeals the requirement that $2 of the additional surcharge be deposited into the county subaccount in the state highway fund. (CD1)

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. SB162 (committee substitute) — source
2. SB162_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. SB162_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
4. SB162_HD2 (committee substitute) — source
5. SB162_HD3 (committee substitute) — source
6. SB162_SD1 (committee substitute) — source
7. SB162_SD2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on HMS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• The committees on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 2–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2019-01-18 Introduced. introduction
• 2019-01-18 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2019-01-22 Referred to LCA/HMS, WAM. referral-committee
• 2019-02-06 Re-Referred to HMS, WAM.
• 2019-02-06 The committee(s) on HMS has scheduled a public hearing on 02-11-19 3:15PM in conference room 016.
• 2019-02-11 The committee(s) on HMS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HMS were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Ruderman, K. Rhoads, Ihara, Riviere; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-14 Reported from HMS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 353) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
• 2019-02-14 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
• 2019-02-28 The committee(s) on WAM added the measure to the public hearing scheduled on 03-01-19 10:15AM in conference room 211.
• 2019-03-01 The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 9 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 4 Excused: Senator(s) English, Harimoto, K. Kahele, Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-01 Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1190) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
• 2019-03-01 48 Hrs. Notice 03-05-19.
• 2019-03-05 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Harimoto). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2019-03-05 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 59) in amended form (SD 2). introduction
• 2019-03-07 Pass First Reading reading-1
• 2019-03-07 Referred to TRN, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 27 referral-committee
• 2019-03-11 Bill scheduled to be heard by TRN on Wednesday, 03-13-19 10:00AM in House conference room 423.
• 2019-03-13 The committees on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Aquino, Hashimoto, Brower, Cullen, Hashem, Matayoshi, Woodson, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-15 Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1346) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
• 2019-03-15 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Okimoto voting no (1) and Representative(s) McKelvey, Nakamura, Quinlan, Takumi excused (4). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2019-03-15 Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Tuesday, 03-19-19 2:00PM in House conference room 329.
• 2019-03-19 The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Ichiyama, Aquino, Cabanilla Arakawa, Cachola, Har, Kong, Onishi, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Mizuno. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-22 Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1599) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
• 2019-03-22 Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) DeCoite, Matsumoto, McKelvey, Ward voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Okimoto voting no (1) and Representative(s) Quinlan, Yamane excused (2).
• 2019-03-25 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 03-27-19 2:00PM in House conference room 308.
• 2019-03-27 The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Todd, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Holt. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-05 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2161) as amended in HD 3, recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2019-04-05 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-09-19.
• 2019-04-09 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 3 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Okimoto, Ward voting no (2) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2019-04-11 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 727). introduction
• 2019-04-11 Senate disagrees with House amendments.
• 2019-04-11 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 893).
• 2019-04-15 House Conferees Appointed: Aquino, Takumi, Cullen Co-Chairs; Hashimoto, Yamashita, McDermott.
• 2019-04-15 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 809).
• 2019-04-18 Senate Conferees Appointed: Inouye Chair; Keith-Agaran Co-Chair; Fevella.
• 2019-04-18 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 920).
• 2019-04-23 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-24-19 1:15PM in conference room 225.
• 2019-04-24 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-19 10:25AM in conference room 225.
• 2019-04-25 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-19 10:25AM in conference room 225.
• 2019-04-26 The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Keith-Agaran; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-26 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Aquino, Takumi, Cullen, Hashimoto, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
• 2019-04-26 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 175).
• 2019-04-26 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-19.
• 2019-04-26 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 175) as amended in (CD 1).
• 2019-04-26 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-30-19.
• 2019-04-30 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
• 2019-04-30 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Okimoto, Say, Ward voting no (3) and none excused (0).
• 2019-05-01 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 968).
• 2019-05-02 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 883).
• 2019-05-06 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2019-07-03 Act 174, on 07/01/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1276). executive-signature
• 2019-07-03 Act 174, 07/01/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1276). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/31ae48d1-1af1-48f3-8f23-77ae0c881675. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).