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type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO INCOME TAX WITHHOLDING."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1470"
citation: "Hawaii SB 1470 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Exemptions", "Income Taxation", "Withholding"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KOUCHI"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-21"
last_action: "2025-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63cafdad-0da8-42b0-b802-e0a8491d2371"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1470&year=2025"
source_hash: "2eb4667a248e40365c67f173c5bdf31da52c9b6ca77650dd2f985d8f44cba4be"
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 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](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1470_.HTM)
## Votes
- The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **130** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **130** (pass) · upper
- Passed Third Reading. — **202** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/63cafdad-0da8-42b0-b802-e0a8491d2371`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).