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type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO TAXATION."
description: "Establishes a state earned income tax credit. Changes income tax rates after 12/31/17. Repeals the sunset date for amendments made to the refundable food/excise tax credit by Act 223, SLH 2015. (HB209 CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 209"
citation: "Hawaii HB 209 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Earned Income Tax Credit", "Income Tax Rates", "Refundable Food/Excise Tax Credit"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BELATTI", "C. LEE", "CULLEN", "HOLT", "JOHANSON", "LOWEN", "LUKE", "NAKASHIMA", "NISHIMOTO", "QUINLAN", "SAIKI"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-19"
last_action: "2017-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c7d82b2-bca3-4180-a916-5c02949192c3"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=209&year=2017"
source_hash: "c32c07a3c2a7d3710a5e906bd87f7fa80cb65c7c4890825aa2f24667c191387e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-hi"]
---
# Hawaii HB 209 (2017 Regular Session) — RELATING TO TAXATION.
Establishes a state earned income tax credit. Changes income tax rates after 12/31/17. Repeals the sunset date for amendments made to the refundable food/excise tax credit by Act 223, SLH 2015. (HB209 CD1)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB209** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/HB209_.HTM)
2. **HB209_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/HB209_CD1_.HTM)
3. **HB209_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/HB209_HD1_.HTM)
## Votes
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **80** (pass) · legislature
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **20** (pass) · legislature
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **30** (pass) · legislature
- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **170** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- BELATTI — primary (person)
- C. LEE — primary (person)
- CULLEN — primary (person)
- HOLT — primary (person)
- JOHANSON — primary (person)
- LOWEN — primary (person)
- LUKE — primary (person)
- NAKASHIMA — primary (person)
- NISHIMOTO — primary (person)
- QUINLAN — primary (person)
- SAIKI — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-19** Pending introduction.
- **2017-01-20** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-23** Referred to FIN, referral sheet 1 `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-06** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 02-09-17 2:00PM in House conference room 308.
- **2017-02-09** The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 17 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Cachola, Choy, DeCoite, Gates, Holt, Keohokalole, Kobayashi, LoPresti, Lowen, Nakamura, Tokioka, Quinlan, Yamashita, Tupola, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-02** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 815) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2017-03-02** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ichiyama excused (1).
- **2017-03-07** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ichiyama excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2017-03-09** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 236). `introduction`
- **2017-03-09** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-09** Referred to WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** The committee(s) on WAM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-22-17 9:30AM in conference room 211.
- **2017-03-22** The committee(s) on WAM deferred the measure until 03-28-17 9:35AM in conference room 211.
- **2017-03-28** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 8 Aye(s): Senator(s) Tokuda, Dela Cruz, Galuteria, Inouye, K. Kahele, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) English, Harimoto, Taniguchi. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-05** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1338) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2017-04-05** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
- **2017-04-05** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-07-17.
- **2017-04-07** Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 3 (Senator(s) English, Espero, Wakai). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2017-04-07** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 518) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2017-04-11** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
- **2017-04-13** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 584).
- **2017-04-17** House Conferees Appointed: Luke Chair; Johanson, Tupola.
- **2017-04-17** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 586).
- **2017-04-18** Senate Conferees Appointed: Tokuda Chair; English, Shimabukuro.
- **2017-04-18** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 680).
- **2017-04-19** Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Friday, 04-21-17 2:00PM in conference room 309.
- **2017-04-21** Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Tuesday 04-25-17 2:00PM in conference room 309.
- **2017-04-25** Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-27-17 2:00PM in conference room 309.
- **2017-04-27** Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-17 2:00PM in conference room 309.
- **2017-04-28** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Johanson, Tupola; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- **2017-04-28** 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) Tokuda, English; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Shimabukuro. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-28** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 121) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2017-04-28** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 05-02-17.
- **2017-04-28** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 121).
- **2017-04-28** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-02-17.
- **2017-05-02** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none).
- **2017-05-02** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Oshiro, Tupola, Ward voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Choy, Har, Ito, Kong, Say, Tokioka voting no (6) and Representative(s) Ichiyama excused (1).
- **2017-05-03** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 737).
- **2017-05-04** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 642).
- **2017-05-03** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2017-07-11** Act 107, 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1208). `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-11** Act 107, on 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1208). `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c7d82b2-bca3-4180-a916-5c02949192c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).