Beginning 7/1/2025, requires the Governor to request in the executive budget or supplemental budget that an amount of general funds that approximates the additional Transient Accommodations Tax revenue generated by this Act be expended to advance certain climate change mitigation and tourism projects. Increases the Transient Accommodations Tax rate beginning on 1/1/2026. Assesses the Transient Accommodations Tax on gross rental proceeds derived from cruise fares. Amends the amount of Transient Accommodation Tax that shall be deposited into the Mass Transit Special Fund. Amends the allowable uses of the Special Land and Development Fund and the portion of Transient Accommodations Tax collections that are allocated to the Special Land and Development Fund. Effective 1/1/2026. (CD2)
Hawaii SB 1396 (2025) — RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
Beginning 7/1/2025, requires the Governor to request in the executive budget or supplemental budget that an amount of general funds that approximates the additional Transient Accommodations Tax revenue generated by this Act be expended to advance certain climate change mitigation and tourism projects. Increases the Transient Accommodations Tax rate beginning on 1/1/2026. Assesses the Transient Accommodations Tax on gross rental proceeds derived from cruise fares. Amends the amount of Transient Accommodation Tax that shall be deposited into the Mass Transit Special Fund. Amends the allowable uses of the Special Land and Development Fund and the portion of Transient Accommodations Tax collections that are allocated to the Special Land and Development Fund. Effective 1/1/2026. (CD2)
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2025-05-02 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
2025-05-02 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 824). receipt
2025-05-02 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 889). receipt
2025-05-02 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 2 with Representative(s) Amato voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Kong, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Pierick, Reyes Oda, Shimizu voting no (8) and Representative(s) Cochran, Iwamoto excused (2). passage
2025-05-02 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 2). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fevella, Inouye, McKelvey, Richards. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte). Excused, 0 (none). passage
2025-04-25 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 200) as amended in (CD 1).
2025-04-30 48 Hrs. Notice 05-02-25
2025-04-30 Report filed.
2025-04-30 Separated Committee Report.
2025-04-30 Floor amendment adopted as amended (CD 2). amendment-passage
2025-04-30 Floor Amendment No. 16 offered.
2025-04-25 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-25.
2025-04-25 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 200).
2025-04-25 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Tam, Hashem, Yamashita, Ichiyama, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
2025-04-25 The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Gabbard, Kim; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-25 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 5:15 PM; Conference Room 411.
2025-04-25 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-25-25 at 5:15PM in Conference Room 411.
2025-04-25 Received notice of change in conferees (Hse. Com. No. 815). receipt
2025-04-25 House Conferees Discharged: Representative Lowen discharged as Co-Chair.
2025-04-25 Re-referred to TOU, WAL, FIN, referral sheet 37 referral-committee
2025-04-25 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 11:25 AM; Conference Room 325.
2025-04-24 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 9:16AM; Conference Room 325.
2025-04-22 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 863). receipt
2025-04-22 Senate Conferees Appointed: DeCoite Chair; Gabbard, Kim Co-Chairs; Fevella.
2025-04-15 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 731). receipt
2025-04-14 House Conferees Appointed: Lowen, Tam, Hashem, Yamashita Co-Chairs; Ichiyama, Matsumoto.
2025-04-10 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 779). receipt
2025-04-10 Senate disagrees with House amendments. amendment-failure
2025-04-10 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 686). introduction, receipt
2025-04-08 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 3 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Kong, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Pierick, Reyes Oda, Shimizu voting no (8) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. passage
2025-04-04 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2023) as amended in HD 3, recommending passage on Third Reading.
2025-04-02 The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Reyes Oda; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Alcos; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-31 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 04-02-25 3:30PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2025-03-21 Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Alcos, Matsumoto, Reyes Oda, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka voting no (2) and Representative(s) Cochran, Garrett, Kapela, Kitagawa, Ward excused (5).
2025-03-21 Reported from TOU/WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1490) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
2025-03-20 The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Lamosao, Belatti, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Poepoe, Souza; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Shimizu; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Morikawa, Woodson. committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-20 The committee on TOU recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Tam, Templo, Hussey, Ilagan, Todd; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Holt, Matsumoto. committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-17 Bill scheduled to be heard by TOU/WAL on Thursday, 03-20-25 9:00AM in House conference room 423 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2025-03-14 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on TOU/WAL with Representative(s) Matsumoto, Reyes Oda voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Muraoka, Pierick, Shimizu voting no (5) and Representative(s) Cochran, Holt, Iwamoto, Ward excused (4). reading-2, referral-committee
2025-03-14 Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1252) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to TOU/WAL.
2025-03-13 The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Perruso, Kahaloa, Kusch, Quinlan; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward. committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-10 Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Thursday, 03-13-25 9:45AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2025-03-06 Referred to EEP, TOU/WAL, FIN, referral sheet 19 referral-committee
2025-03-06 Pass First Reading reading-1
2025-03-06 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 393) in amended form (SD 3). introduction, receipt
2025-03-06 Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 3). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fukunaga, Inouye, Kim, Richards . Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Lee, C.). Transmitted to House. passage
2025-02-28 Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1049) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
2025-02-27 The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Kanuha, Kidani, Lee, C., Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Inouye, Kim, Wakai ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
2025-02-21 The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-27-25 10:30AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
2025-02-14 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. reading-2, referral-committee
2025-02-14 Reported from EDT/AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 662) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
2025-02-13 The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in AEN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, DeCoite, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Richards ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
2025-02-13 The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDT were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Wakai, Fukunaga, Kim ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
2025-02-10 The committee(s) on EDT/AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 02-13-25 1:02PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
2025-01-27 Referred to EDT/AEN, WAM. referral-committee
2025-01-23 Introduced and passed First Reading. introduction
2025-01-21 Pending Introduction.
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/816fe5f0-6ff2-438f-b558-efd05adcf9c4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).