republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2025/sb-1470.md

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Bill	RELATING TO INCOME TAX WITHHOLDING.	For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024, (1) repeals the maximum tax rate that may be considered in determining the amount of income tax that must be withheld and the requirement that a standard deduction allowance be treated as if it was denominated as a withholding exemption, and (2) for the purpose of income tax withholding, permits the Director of Taxation to prescribe a standard deduction allowance in an amount more or less than one whole exemption.	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2025	SB 1470	Hawaii SB 1470 (2025)	bill	Exemptions Income Taxation Withholding	enacted	KOUCHI	1	21	3	2025-01-21	2025-04-24	openstates	ocd-bill/63cafdad-0da8-42b0-b802-e0a8491d2371	https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1470&year=2025	2eb4667a248e40365c67f173c5bdf31da52c9b6ca77650dd2f985d8f44cba4be	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii SB 1470 (2025) — RELATING TO INCOME TAX WITHHOLDING.

For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024, (1) repeals the maximum tax rate that may be considered in determining the amount of income tax that must be withheld and the requirement that a standard deduction allowance be treated as if it was denominated as a withholding exemption, and (2) for the purpose of income tax withholding, permits the Director of Taxation to prescribe a standard deduction allowance in an amount more or less than one whole exemption.

Version chain

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

1. SB1470 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Third Reading. — 20–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• KOUCHI — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-04-24 Act 024, on 04/23/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1124). became-law
• 2025-04-24 Act 024, 04/23/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1124). became-law
• 2025-04-08 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2025-04-08 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 625). introduction, receipt
• 2025-04-08 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2025-04-04 Passed Second Reading; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kapela excused (2).
• 2025-04-04 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1940), recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2025-03-27 The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Hussey, Alcos, Ward. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-24 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 03-27-25 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2025-02-28 Referred to FIN, referral sheet 17 referral-committee
• 2025-02-27 Pass First Reading reading-1
• 2025-02-19 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 14). introduction, receipt
• 2025-02-19 Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 20; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte). Excused, 3 (Senator(s) Gabbard, Kouchi, Richards). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2025-02-18 One Day Notice 02-19-25.
• 2025-02-18 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-02-18 Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 691) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2025-02-12 The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-07 The committee(s) on WAM has scheduled a public hearing on 02-12-25 10:00AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
• 2025-01-27 Referred to WAM. referral-committee
• 2025-01-23 Introduced and passed First Reading. introduction
• 2025-01-21 Pending Introduction.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/63cafdad-0da8-42b0-b802-e0a8491d2371. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).