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.
| We are following | 114 | House bills out of | 1122 |
| We are following | 121 | Senate bills out of | 1337 |
| 235 | 2459 |
It sometimes takes us a while to catch up to the Legislature, so please be patient! During bill introduction we update this page often.
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.
| 3/5/2026 | Reviewed Through | HB2625 | |
| This Year’s Bills Start at | HB1504 | ||
| Highest Numbered Bill Now | HB2625 | ||
| Bill No. | Brief Description | Package Identifier | Companion |
| HB1532 | Allows the direct sale of large cigars and pipe tobacco to adult consumers for personal use. (Bill title is Relating to Taxation) | ||
| HB1535 | Income tax credit for automated external defibrillators. | ||
| HB1547 | Income tax credit for insurers offering health savings account eligible high deductible health plans. | ||
| HB1576 | Requires DBEDT to post notice whenever a production registers or qualifies for the motion picture production tax credit. | ||
| HB1581 | Short form bill. (Bill title is Relating to Taxation) | ||
| HB1582 | Short form bill. (Bill title is Relating to State Finances) | ||
| HB1583 | Short form bill. (Bill title is Relating to the State Budget) | ||
| HB1584 | Short form bill. (Bill title is Relating to Non-General Funds) | ||
| HB1585 | GET exemption for groceries that are eligible for SNAP / WIC. | ||
| HB1590 | Enhances enforcement of laws relating to short-term vacation rentals, including county TAT laws. | ||
| HB1591 | Expands definitions to broaden the healthcare preceptor income tax credit. | ||
| HB1610 | Waters down the requirement for an independent audit of deposit beverage distributors and redemption centers. | ||
| HB1611 | Phases down the GET rate on groceries and nonprescription drugs and eliminates the county surcharge on such items. | ||
| HB1617 | Establishes carbon tax with offsetting refundable credit. | ||
| HB1620 | Increases barrel tax to earmark more for the electric vehicle charging system subaccount. | ||
| HB1625 | Legalizes and taxes marijuana for non-medical, personal use. Tax is 14% of gross retail sales. Enacts corresponding GET exemption. | ||
| HB1635 | Expands motion picture production credit to include broadcast and streaming and commercial advertisements with Internet-only distribution. | ||
| HB1661 | Requires that maximum contribution and carryover amounts for a public service FSA conform to annual limits prescribed by IRS. | ||
| HB1688 | Amends aircraft maintenance GET exemption to include sales of material, parts, or tools to an airline or for construction of a maintenance facility. | ||
| HB1694 | Establishes a tax credit for sustainable aviation fuel distribution in Hawaii to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. | ||
| HB1695 | Lifts cap on renewable fuels production tax credit, increases credit for low lifecycle emissions and renewable aviation fuel, revises standard for eligible fuels. | ||
| HB1713 | Exempts housing projects of fewer than 100 units from school impact fee. | ||
| HB1729 | Disallows the home mortgage interest deduction for second homes under state income tax law. | ||
| HB1732 | Establishes a program for counties to purchase deed restrictions from home owners. Includes conveyane tax exemption. | ||
| HB1754 | Exempts food and groceries from the general excise tax, expands medical services exemption to include all medical and dental services. | House Minority Caucus | |
| HB1755 | Eliminates the state individual income tax. | House Minority Caucus | |
| HB1756 | Raises the caps on Individual Housing Accounts. | House Minority Caucus | |
| HB1797 | Establishes an income tax credit to incentivize the training of supervisors for autonomous vehicles. | ||
| HB1807 | Establishes a high-earners surtax on taxable income for taxpayers with net income over specified thresholds. | ||
| HB1813 | Repeals exemptions in the general excise and use tax laws for stock exchanges and pre-1969 commercial fishing vessel loans. | ||
| HB1837 | Raises the caps on Individual Housing Accounts. | ||
| HB1843 | Sunsets existing tax credits at the end of 2030 and requires subsequently enacted credits to have a seven-year sunset. | ||
| HB1850 | Increases the capital gains tax rate for individuals, estates, and trusts to 9%, and for corporations to 5%. | ||
| HB1851 | Establishes 10% tax credit, with unspecified limits, for qualified apprenticeship programs. | ||
| HB1918 | Imposes conveyance tax on the transfer of a controlling interest of an entity with an interest in real property. | ||
| HB1920 | Provides that an upper tier partner or member that is a partnership or LLC allocated a low-income housing tax credit may sell or further allocate the credit. | ||
| HB1937 | Applies retail rate GET or use tax rate to purchases or imports of motor vehicles by rental car companies. | ||
| HB1939 | Increases motion picture production credit; increases local hire requirement in later years; allows DBEDT to waive credit cap once in any fiscal year. | ||
| HB1941 | Requires 15% principal photography and post-production in Hawaii within the year to qualify for the motion picture production credit. | ||
| HB1945 | Allows gaming on cruise ships in the State, imposes a 20% wagering tax on adjusted gross receipts from gaming. | ||
| HB1950 | Establishes the State-led Marketing and Branding Special Fund. Earmarks TAT revenue to feed it. | ||
| HB1966 | Authorizes revenues from billable emergency medical services into Emergency Medical Services Special Fund. Establishes a cap on the special fund. | ||
| HB1972 | Establishes a family caregiver tax credit for nonpaid family caregivers. | Kupuna Caucus | |
| HB1991 | Replaces the defined liquor categories subject to the liquor tax with alcohol-by-volume categories. Adjusts the liquor tax rates for inflation. | ||
| HB1996 | GET exemption for hearing aids. | ||
| HB2007 | Increases the percentage of employment-related expenses used to calculate the household and dependent care services tax credit. | Working Families Legislative Caucus | |
| HB2008 | Adds a 16% income tax bracket for single taxpayers with income over $950,000 and joint filers with income over $1.9 million. | Working Families Legislative Caucus | |
| HB2010 | Income tax surcharge of 2% on taxable income exceeding $1 million regardless of filing status. | Working Families Legislative Caucus | |
| HB2017 | Nonrefundable income tax credit for certain agricultural investment costs incurred for agricultural activities conducted on Hawaiian home lands. | ||
| HB2022 | Forces the county annual vehicle registration fee to be equal to the state annual motor vehicle registration fee. | ||
| HB2028 | Establishes a tax credit for employers who provide a paid Labor Day holiday to construction workers. | ||
| HB2030 | Requires the Department of Transportation to establish a clean vehicle rebate program to provide rebates for the purchase or lease of new and used zero-emission vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. Establishes the clean vehicle special fund. Beginning 1/1/2027, establishes a transportation affordability and energy security tax. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2) | ||
| HB2032 | PART II: Exempts the sale of groceries and nonprescription drugs from the general excise tax. PART III: Removes the state income tax on unemployment compensation benefits. PART IV: Doubles the standard deduction for individuals earning less than $100,000 and joint filers earning less than $200,000. Repeals the incremental increases on standard income tax deduction amounts. PART V: Increases the maximum adjusted gross income allowed to qualify for the low-income household renters’ income tax credit and increases the credit amount. PART VI: Repeals the incremental changes to income tax brackets and removes the tax liability for the first $100,000 of individual income earned. | ||
| HB2037 | Increases the aggregate cap on credits allowed in any given year for the Motion Picture, Digital Media, and Film Production Income Tax Credit from $50,000,000 to $60,000,000. | ||
| HB2049 | Restructures conveyance tax to graduated rates instead of cliff rates. Indexes rates for cost-of-living increases. | ||
| HB2064 | Provides an income tax credit to convert a cesspool or connect it to a sewer system. | Hawaiʻi State Association of Counties | |
| HB2072 | Increases conveyance tax and adds new exemptions. Establishes a Homeless Services Special Fund and a new conveyance tax earmark for it. | Hawaiʻi State Association of Counties | |
| HB2073 | Extends the county surcharge on state tax to 2045. | Hawaiʻi State Association of Counties | |
| HB2079 | Provides an income tax credit to convert a cesspool or connect it to a sewer system. | Hawaiʻi Council of Mayors | |
| HB2134 | Exempts gross income from real property leases from the GET when the lessee is a small business | Small Business Caucus | |
| HB2135 | GET exemption for sale of agricultural materials to a qualified farmer, meaning a cardholder of a new Hawaii Farm TEAM card. | Small Business Caucus | |
| HB2141 | Increases number of enterprise zones. Allows tracts containing JABSOM to qualify. | ||
| HB2146 | Establishes the sugar-sweetened beverage fee program. | ||
| HB2147 | [ConAm] Allows the State to surcharge real property ownership to help fund public education. | ||
| HB2148 | Establishes an unrealized gains surcharge on the estate tax. Lowers the exclusion amount to $3 million for estates not including an owner-occupied residence or a bona fide farm. | ||
| HB2149 | Requires corporations to include all income from foreign subsidiaries and to report taxes paid to other States. | ||
| HB2150 | Disallows the dividends paid deduction for real estate investment trusts. | ||
| HB2156 | Increases the filing thresholds for the General Excise Tax and Transient Accommodations Tax. | ||
| HB2160 | Lifts restrictions on some tobacco tax revenues earmarked for the Cancer Research Special Fund. | ||
| HB2174 | Makes the 2023 increases to the EITC, Food/Excise Tax Credit, and Child and Dependent Care Credit permanent. | ||
| HB2183 | Requires office of legislative analyst to produce fiscal notes on all fiscal bills. | ||
| HB2195 | Repeals green fee on cruise ships. Replaces it with a per-passenger head fee on cruise ships docking in the State. | ||
| HB2196 | Repeals the Deposit Beverage Container Program. Moves funds to a new Solar Panel and Electric Vehicle Battery Recycling special fund. | ||
| HB2201 | Increases the number of enterprise zones that may be nominated by each county. Amends the definition of “eligible business activity” to include recycling facilities and film production. | ||
| HB2206 | Expands definitions to broaden the healthcare preceptor income tax credit. | ||
| HB2212 | Establishes a nonrefundable Workforce Builder Tax Credit for employers who employ qualified interns and apprentices. | ||
| HB2214 | Establishes a refundable diaper income tax credit. | ||
| HB2222 | Allows casino gaming in a single location in Honolulu, imposes a 15% or 20% wagering tax on gross receipts from gaming. | ||
| HB2241 | Disallows renewable energy technologies credit to taxpayers with AGI of $250,000 or greater. Adjusts cap amounts. | ||
| HB2269 | Increases the rate of the motion picture production credit. Adds streaming as a qualifying means of distribution for a production. | ||
| HB2306 | [GOV-06] Repeals the tax rate changes scheduled for 2027 and later. Extends the sunset of the 2023 increases to the EITC, Food/Excise Tax Credit, and Child and Dependent Care Credit. | Governor | SB3125 |
| HB2318 | [HTH-10] Waters down the deposit beverage distributor audit requirement for small businesses. | Governor | SB3138 |
| HB2329 | [TAX-01] Conforms Hawaii income and estate and generation-skipping transfer tax laws to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended as of December 31, 2025. | Governor | SB3149 |
| HB2330 | [TAX-02] Requires hosting platforms that earn fees for booking transient accommodations to register and pay GE and TA taxes on behalf of operators. | Governor | SB3150 |
| HB2331 | [TAX-03] Short form bill relating to taxation. | Governor | SB3151 |
| HB2346 | Requires cash transactions to be rounded up or down to the nearest 5 cents. | ||
| HB2360 | Allows family leave benefits to be exempt from income taxation. | ||
| HB2364 | Requires office of legislative analyst to produce fiscal notes on all fiscal bills. | ||
| HB2385 | Authorizes HHFDC to approve and certify general excise tax exemptions for certain housing development projects developed under county housing incentive programs. | ||
| HB2391 | Establishes a general excise tax holiday on school supplies, provided that businesses pass the savings on to consumers. | ||
| HB2392 | Establishes the alternative transportation options tax credit for employers offering incentive to employees who commute with other than a single occupancy vehicle. | ||
| HB2407 | Establishes a net investment income tax similar to IRC 1411. Tax rate is unspecified. | ||
| HB2429 | Requires tax expenditure disclosure to, and evaluation by, DBEDT for certain income tax credits and general excise and use tax exemptions. | ||
| HB2438 | Establishes the Hawaiʻi Cultural Trust within DBEDT. Allows a 100% nonrefundable credit for contributions to the trust if taxpayer also contributes to a cultural organization, with $ limits. | ||
| HB2444 | Increases the tax credit for low-income household renters from $50 to $100 per exemption claimed by the taxpayer. | ||
| HB2451 | Increases the barrel tax in 2028 by ___ and ___ each year thereafter. The increase goes to a new special fund to make grants to the counties for fare-free public transportation. | ||
| HB2464 | Establishes a family caregiver tax credit for nonpaid family caregivers. | ||
| HB2476 | [ConAm] State may authorize counties to issue housing infrastructure growth bonds that do not count against the debt limit. | ||
| HB2510 | Establishes an income tax credit for employers who provide paid family and medical leave for their employees. | ||
| HB2520 | Makes Tax Credit for Research Activities apply to all qualified research expenditures without regard to the base amount. Increases aggregate cap on credit. | ||
| HB2521 | Exempts from the general excise tax the sale of groceries, health care services, and utility services. | ||
| HB2522 | Eliminates the state individual income tax. | ||
| HB2525 | Establishes a refundable income tax credit for the retention and housing of certain police officers. | ||
| HB2526 | Establishes income tax credit for costs of retrofitting a residence with wind-resistive devices or building a hurricane shelter. GET reduced rate of 2% is allowed for such construction. | ||
| HB2546 | Makes Tax Credit for Research Activities apply to all qualified research expenditures without regard to the base amount. Increases aggregate cap on credit. | ||
| HB2555 | Exempts food and groceries from the general excise tax, expands medical services exemption to include all medical and dental services. | ||
| HB2568 | Quintuples the fee paid to DBEDT to certify a motion picture production credit, from 0.2% of the credit claimed to 1%. | ||
| HB2570 | Allows sports wagering. Imposes a 15% GET on adjusted gross sports wagering receipts. | ||
| HB2575 | Applies retail rate GET or use tax rate to purchases or imports of motor vehicles by rental car companies. | ||
| HB2578 | Provides that a determination of personal liability for another person’s unpaid taxes is an assessment subject to due process procedures and appeals. | SB3277 | |
| HB2586 | Applies retail rate GET or use tax rate to purchases or imports of motor vehicles by rental car companies. | ||
| HB2590 | Applies wholesale GET rate to motion picture and similar media production. Exempts receipts of a motion picture project employer for amounts disbusrsed as wages and benefits. | ||
| HB2604 | Adds a $1 performing arts ticket surcharge per ticket upon the primary venue ticket provider through the GET system. Some exemptions are provided. | ||
| HB2623 | Establishes a wealth proceeds surcharge on high-income individuals, estates, and trusts. | ||
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