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type: "Bill"
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title: "RELATING TO TAX ADMINISTRATION."
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description: "Exempts senior software developers in the Department of Taxation from civil service. (SD2)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
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legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 2489"
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citation: "Hawaii HB 2489 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Civil Service", "DOTAX", "Exemptions", "Senior Software Developers"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["SAIKI"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 33
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2024-01-22"
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last_action: "2024-06-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81da3641-f40e-4e1e-adb6-5572c2896765"
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source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2489&year=2024"
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source_hash: "264a764f4c05933cd12a28b7bbaeaef973e2cda9b768aee9145a567e18b28eef"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-hi"]
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---
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# Hawaii HB 2489 (2024) — RELATING TO TAX ADMINISTRATION.
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Exempts senior software developers in the Department of Taxation from civil service. (SD2)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB2489** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB2489_.HTM)
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2. **HB2489_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB2489_HD1_.HTM)
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3. **HB2489_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB2489_SD1_.HTM)
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4. **HB2489_SD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB2489_SD2_.HTM)
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## Votes
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- Reconsider: The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **12–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reconsider: The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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- The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- SAIKI — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-06-24** Act 079, 06/21/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1180). `became-law`
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- **2024-06-24** Act 079, on 06/21/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1180). `became-law`
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- **2024-04-19** Transmitted to Governor.
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- **2024-04-22** Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 782). `receipt`
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- **2024-04-19** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Garcia excused (2). `passage`
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- **2024-04-18** House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
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- **2024-04-19** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 771). `receipt`
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- **2024-04-18** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-11-24.
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- **2024-04-15** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 677). `receipt`
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- **2024-04-15** Senate Conferees Appointed: Aquino Chair; Kim Co-Chair; Fevella.
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- **2024-04-12** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 731). `receipt`
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- **2024-04-11** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). `amendment-failure`
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- **2024-04-09** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 632) in amended form (SD 2).
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- **2024-04-09** Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) McKelvey. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
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- **2024-04-05** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-09-24.
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- **2024-04-05** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3709) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
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- **2024-04-03** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 12 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, Shimabukuro, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) DeCoite. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-04-01** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-03-24 10:30AM; CR 211 & Videoconference.
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- **2024-03-20** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. `reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-20** Reported from LBT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3136) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
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- **2024-03-13** The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in LBT were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Aquino, Moriwaki, Ihara, Lee, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-08** The committee(s) on LBT has scheduled a public hearing on 03-13-24 3:00PM; CR 224 & Videoconference.
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- **2024-03-07** Referred to LBT, WAM. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-07** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
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- **2024-03-07** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 396). `introduction, receipt`
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- **2024-03-05** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Martinez, Woodson excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
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- **2024-03-01** 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) Cochran, Ichiyama, Matayoshi, Quinlan, Woodson excused (5).
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- **2024-03-01** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 749-24) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
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- **2024-02-21** The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kila, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Nishimoto, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Alcos, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-18** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 02-21-24 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
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- **2024-01-26** Referred to FIN, referral sheet 3 `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-24** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2024-01-22** Pending introduction.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81da3641-f40e-4e1e-adb6-5572c2896765`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).
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