Each year, thousands of bills are introduced in the House and the Senate. It’s typical for the same bill to be introduced in both houses, in which case they get two different bill numbers, one for each. Bills then proceed through the House and Senate, and may be amended, sometimes quite substantially.
It sometimes takes us a while to catch up to the Legislature, so please be patient! During bill introduction we update this page often.
| We are following | 138 | House bills out of | 1119 |
| We are following | 128 | Senate bills out of | 1386 |
| 266 | 2505 |
More information on each bill can be found on the State Legislature’s Website or in our Legislative Tax Bill Service (login required). We will prepare detailed information in the Legislative Tax Bill Service when a bill is scheduled for hearing in a House or Senate committee.
| 2/1/2022 | Reviewed Through | SB3386 |
| This Year’s Bills Start at | SB2001 | |
| Highest Numbered Bill Now | SB3386 | |
| Bill No. | Brief Description | Package Identifier |
| SB2007 | Carbon emissions tax on aviation fuel. | |
| SB2009 | Tax credit for fire sprinkler system | State Fire Council |
| SB2020 | Restricts GET wholesale rate to where subsequent sale is at retail rate. | |
| SB2051 | Allows counties as well as the State to impose traffic fines. | Haw. St. Ass’n of Counties |
| SB2053 | Requires DOTAX to administer county TA taxes. | Haw. St. Ass’n of Counties |
| SB2054 | Climate change mitigation impact fee on rental motor vehicles. | Haw. St. Ass’n of Counties |
| SB2055 | Allows counties to increase registration fees for non-rental vehicles. | Haw. St. Ass’n of Counties |
| SB2063 | Tax credit for affordable housing prioritizing veteran tenants. | |
| SB2079 | Withholding tax for loan-out companies for productions in Hawaii | |
| SB2098 | Establishes a green fee surcharge on TAT | Maui County Council |
| SB2102 | Climate change mitigation impact fee on rental motor vehicles. | Maui County Council |
| SB2165 | Increase low income household renters credit and index for inflation. | |
| SB2167 | Tax credit for film infrastructure. | |
| SB2185 | Consumer fireworks tax, retail and wholesale, 10% of sales price. | |
| SB2206 | Small business hiring tax credit. | |
| SB2211 | Sugar-sweetened beverage fee program. | |
| SB2237 | Conveyance tax hike. | |
| SB2238 | Establishes housing savings account system for state employees. | |
| SB2240 | “Flipping surcharge” 25% of proceeds for resale of residential property in 5 years. | |
| SB2242 | Increases income tax. Exempts unemployment payments. | |
| SB2246 | Conveyance tax vacancy surcharge. Disallows REIT dividends paid deduction. | |
| SB2255 | Eliminates mortgage interest deduction for second homes for Hawaii purposes. | |
| SB2278 | Includes electronic smoking devices in tobacco tax. | |
| SB2303 | Allows taxpayers with annual GET liability of $100 or less to skip periodic returns. | |
| sb2309 | Waiver program for income tax on out of state gambling winnings. | |
| sb2331 | For liquor tax allows seltzer beverages to qualify for the rate on beer. | |
| SB2337 | Requires new income tax credits to sunset in 5 years or reduce 1/3 per year. | |
| SB2351 | Increases conveyance tax earmark to land conservation fund. | |
| SB2353 | Income tax exclusion for farming activities. | |
| SB2358 | Provides that camper vans are a transient accommodation subject to TAT. | |
| SB2365 | Establishes gaming corporation as government entity immune from taxation. | |
| SB2376 | Requires licensees to pay for cigarette tax stamps upon purchase (no deferral). | |
| SB2377 | Civil penalty for failure to respond to a request for information during an audit. | |
| SB2378 | Changes taxation board of review to 3 state employees. | |
| SB2379 | Allows DOTAX special enforcement section to examine any sector of the economy, etc. | |
| SB2380 | Allows greater accumulation in tax administration special fund. | |
| SB2389 | Establishes a wealth asset tax on all assets of a taxpayer. | |
| SB2431 | GET exemption for feminine hygiene products. | |
| SB2434 | Renewable fuels production tax credit. | |
| SB2435 | Clarification of important agricultural land tax credit and extension. | |
| SB2441 | Establishes a 10c per drink surcharge on the liquor tax. | |
| SB2455 | Regulates cannabis. Exempts medical cannabis from GET. | |
| SB2475 | Clarifies GET exemption for GET stevedoring services, wharfage, demurrage. | |
| SB2476 | Changes taxation board of review to 3 state employees. | |
| SB2478 | Reinstates renewable fuels production tax credit. | |
| SB2485 | Increases income tax on capital gains. Makes EITC refundable and permanent. | |
| SB2491 | Repeals vehicle license recovery fees for rental vehicles. | |
| SB2498 | Affordable housing GET exemption disqualified if financing from HHFDC. | |
| SB2508 | New tax on gross rents for taxpayers owning more than 10 rentals or 25 properties. | |
| SB2509 | Repeals GET exemption for genetically engineered agricultural products in an EZ. | |
| SB2511 | Extends renewable energy credit to firm renewable energy systems. | |
| SB2524 | Expands disabled veteran exemption from vehicle registration fees. | |
| SB2533 | Removes cap on conveyance tax earmark to land conservation fund. | |
| SB2547 | Establishes GET surcharge on owner allowing residential realty to remain vacant. | |
| SB2548 | Establishes refundable TAT credit for Hawaii taxpayers. | |
| SB2555 | Hikes advance disposal fee on glass containers other than deposit beverage containers. | |
| SB2568 | Disqualifies motion picture/TV production credit if production compensates State employee. | |
| SB2571 | GET exemption for SNAP- or WIC-eligible foods. | |
| SB2572 | Subjects U-drive vehicles to same registration fees as other motor vehicles. | |
| SB2599 | Tightens tax credit for research activities with cap on taxpayer and affiliates. | |
| SB2610 | Reinstates income tax credit for cesspool upgrade. | |
| SB2654 | Income tax credit for water rationing systems. | |
| SB2691 | Enhances food/excise tax credit for seniors 65+ with lower incomes. | |
| SB2702 | Increases conveyance tax on real property valued at $2M+. | |
| SB2721 | Subjects aviation fuel to the barrel tax. | |
| SB2722 | Prohibits real property tax on realty used for production or storage of renewable energy sold to a utility. | |
| SB2732 | Expands barrel tax to include carbon emissions, establishes tax credit. | |
| SB2739 | Reforms to deposit beverage container program. | |
| SB2752 | Income tax credit for taxpayers required to fill and seal abandoned wells on their property. | |
| SB2753 | Income tax credit for employee blood donations. | |
| SB2754 | Income tax credit to promote blood donations. | |
| SB2813 | Increases cap on conveyance tax earmarked to rental housing revolving fund. | |
| SB2837 | Income tax check-off for spay and neuter special fund. | |
| SB2840 | Requires corporations to include all foreign subsidiaries in taxable income. | |
| SB2841 | GET exemption for agricultural products, OTC drugs, menstrual products. Surtaxes luxury cars. | |
| SB2860 | Tax credit for water catchment system. | |
| SB2863 | GET exemption for feminine hygiene products. | |
| SB2866 | Establishes sustainable aviation fuel program and earmarks barrel tax revenue to fund it. | |
| SB2879 | Requires landlords to provide tax clearance before getting writ of possession. | |
| SB2881 | Allows DOTAX nonjudicial foreclosure of vacant properties with state tax liens. | |
| SB2904 | Extends low-income housing tax credit program for 6 years to 12/31/202 | |
| SB2926 | Requires DBEDT to study potential tax revenues from legalizing recreational marijuana. | |
| SB2950 | Imposes an inspection fee on imported agricultural projects and puts it into special fund. | |
| SB2954 | GET exemption for feminine hygiene products. | |
| SB2967 | Extends important agricultural lands credit until 12/31/2031. | |
| SB2983 | GET exemption for first $100,000 of income derived from taro. | |
| SB2995 | Tax credit for upgrades of cesspools. | |
| SB3012 | Requires DLNR to establish a visitor green fee program. | |
| SB3016 | Establishes new public wireless safety surcharge. | |
| SB3040 | [AGS-07] Procurement Policy Board; Establishes special fund for automated procurement system | Governor |
| SB3051 | [BED-06] Tightening up Tax Credit for Research Activities | Governor |
| SB3053 | [BED-09] Con Am; authorizes counties to issue tax increment bonds | Governor |
| SB3054 | [BED-10] Expands funding sources and authorized uses of the Hawaii Film and Creative Industries Development Special Fund | Governor |
| SB3055 | [BED-11] Extends current sunset date of the motion picture, digital media, and film production income tax credit | Governor |
| SB3056 | [BED-13] Allows property owners to finance qualified improvements through a non-ad valorem property assessment. | Governor |
| SB3058 | [BED-15] Low-moderate income zero-emission vehicle rebate program | Governor |
| SB3074 | [BUF-17] Makes an appropriation of $1 billion into the rainy day fund. | Governor |
| SB3075 | [CCA-01] Earmarks franchise tax to feed compliance resolution fund; if less than $2M, takes from income tax revenues. | Governor |
| SB3099 | [GOV-01] Extends state earned income tax credit until tax year 2028. | Governor |
| SB3100 | [GOV-02] Constitutional Tax Refund for Resident Taxpayers | Governor |
| SB3101 | [HHL-03] GET exemption for homestead development for DHHL | Governor |
| SB3119 | [HTH-17] Tobacco products, increases license and permit fees for retailers. | Governor |
| SB3120 | [HTH-23] Eliminate the ceiling on the office of healthcare assurance special fund, to “reduce dependence on the general fund.” | Governor |
| SB3121 | [HTH-25] Increases vehicle registration fee to fund accessible parking special account | Governor |
| SB3128 | [LBR-04] Amends definition of “adequate reserve fund”, for SUI purposes, to exclude benefit cost rate from 6/2020-8/2021, effective through 2030. | Governor |
| SB3143 | [TAX-01] Conforms Hawaii income and estate and generation-skipping transfer tax laws | Governor |
| SB3144 | [TAX-02] Clarifies procedure before State Taxation Board of Review. | Governor |
| SB3145 | [TAX-03] Administrative changes related to electronic filing, electronic funds transfers, tax clearances, interest rates and non resident withholding. Significant enhancement of penalties. | Governor |
| SB3146 | [TAX-04] Requires laws that create, modify, or extend a tax benefit to contain detailed information. Allows public disclosure of identity and amount of any benefiting taxpayer. | Governor |
| SB3147 | [TAX-05] Allows DoTax to apply to convert tax liens to civil judgments. | Governor |
| SB3149 | [TRN-02] Exempts State from payment of county stormwater user fees. | Governor |
| SB3170 | Allows county fuel taxes to be used to maintain substandard private subdivision roads. | |
| SB3175 | Conveyance tax surcharge on prolonged vacant property. | |
| SB3182 | Establishes a wealth asset tax on all assets of a taxpayer. | |
| SB3192 | Establishes within DLNR a visitor green fee program. | |
| SB3193 | Retroactively restores foreign trade zone exemption for state taxes. | |
| SB3201 | Adopts federal definition of unrelated trade or business for GET purposes. | |
| SB3208 | Expansion of healthcare preceptor income tax credit. | |
| SB3232 | Establishes a separate GET rate for a business’s first five years of operation. | |
| SB3233 | GET exemption for fresh fruits and vegetables. | |
| SB3250 | Income tax surcharge on high income individuals, estates, and trusts. | |
| SB3271 | Regulation of peer-to-peer car sharing and amendments to vehicle surcharge tax. | |
| SB3283 | Reorganizes Department of Taxation. | |
| SB3289 | Hawaii Retirement Savings Program established for private sector employees. | |
| SB3291 | Adjustment of definition of employee for labor law purposes, and maybe for tax. | |
| SB3292 | Imposes a non-ad valorem property tax assessment. | |
| SB3309 | Revisor’s Bill (affects chapter 249) | |
| SB3313 | State mileage-based road user fee. | |
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