Bill Sponsor
Hawaii Senate Bill 1396
Session 2025
Relating To Economic Development.
Became Law
Became Law
Became Law on May 27, 2025
First Action
Jan 21, 2025
Latest Action
May 27, 2025
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill Number
1396
State
Hawaii
Session
2025
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Primary
Senate Votes (6)
House Votes (5)
Motion Text
Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 2).
Senate Roll Call Votes
Summary
Beginning 7/1/2025, requires the Governor to request in the executive budget or supplemental budget that an amount of general funds that approximates the additional Transient Accommodations Tax revenue generated by this Act be expended to advance certain climate change mitigation and tourism projects. Increases the Transient Accommodations Tax rate beginning on 1/1/2026. Assesses the Transient Accommodations Tax on gross rental proceeds derived from cruise fares. Amends the amount of Transient Accommodation Tax that shall be deposited into the Mass Transit Special Fund. Amends the allowable uses of the Special Land and Development Fund and the portion of Transient Accommodations Tax collections that are allocated to the Special Land and Development Fund. Effective 1/1/2026. (CD2)
Text (12)
05/27/2025
Senate
Act 096, 05/27/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1196).
05/27/2025
House
Act 096, on 05/27/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1196).
05/02/2025
Senate
Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 2). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fevella, Inouye, McKelvey, Richards. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte). Excused, 0 (none).
05/02/2025
House
Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 2 with Representative(s) Amato voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Kong, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Pierick, Reyes Oda, Shimizu voting no (8) and Representative(s) Cochran, Iwamoto excused (2).
05/02/2025
House
Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 889).
05/02/2025
Senate
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 824).
05/02/2025
Senate
Enrolled to Governor.
04/30/2025
Senate
Floor Amendment No. 16 offered.
04/30/2025
Senate
Floor amendment adopted as amended (CD 2).
04/30/2025
Senate
Separated Committee Report.
04/30/2025
Senate
Report filed.
04/30/2025
Senate
48 Hrs. Notice 05-02-25
04/30/2025
House
Floor Amendment No. 9 offered by Rep. Tam.
04/30/2025
House
Floor amendment adopted as amended CD 2 with none voting no and Representative(s) Cochran excused.
04/30/2025
House
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Friday, 05-02-25.
04/25/2025
Senate
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 11:25 AM; Conference Room 325.
04/25/2025
House
Re-referred to TOU, WAL, FIN, referral sheet 37
04/25/2025
House
House Conferees Discharged: Representative Lowen discharged as Co-Chair.
04/25/2025
Senate
Received notice of change in conferees (Hse. Com. No. 815).
04/25/2025
House
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-25-25 at 5:15PM in Conference Room 411.
04/25/2025
Senate
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 5:15 PM; Conference Room 411.
04/25/2025
Senate
The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Gabbard, Kim; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.
04/25/2025
House
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Tam, Hashem, Yamashita, Ichiyama, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
04/25/2025
Senate
Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 200).
04/25/2025
Senate
48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-25.
04/25/2025
House
Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 200) as amended in (CD 1).
04/25/2025
House
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-30-25.
04/24/2025
Senate
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 9:16AM; Conference Room 325.
04/23/2025
Senate
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-24-25 11:06AM; Conference Room 325.
04/22/2025
Senate
Senate Conferees Appointed: DeCoite Chair; Gabbard, Kim Co-Chairs; Fevella.
04/22/2025
House
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 863).
04/15/2025
Senate
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 731).
04/14/2025
House
House Conferees Appointed: Lowen, Tam, Hashem, Yamashita Co-Chairs; Ichiyama, Matsumoto.
04/10/2025
Senate
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 686).
04/10/2025
Senate
Senate disagrees with House amendments.
04/10/2025
House
Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 779).
04/08/2025
House
Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 3 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Kong, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Pierick, Reyes Oda, Shimizu voting no (8) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.
04/04/2025
House
Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2023) as amended in HD 3, recommending passage on Third Reading.
04/04/2025
House
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-08-25.
04/02/2025
House
The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Reyes Oda; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Alcos; and Excused: none.
03/31/2025
House
Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 04-02-25 3:30PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
03/21/2025
House
Reported from TOU/WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1490) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
03/21/2025
House
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Alcos, Matsumoto, Reyes Oda, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka voting no (2) and Representative(s) Cochran, Garrett, Kapela, Kitagawa, Ward excused (5).
03/20/2025
House
The committee on TOU recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Tam, Templo, Hussey, Ilagan, Todd; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Holt, Matsumoto.
03/20/2025
House
The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Lamosao, Belatti, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Poepoe, Souza; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Shimizu; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Morikawa, Woodson.
03/17/2025
House
Bill scheduled to be heard by TOU/WAL on Thursday, 03-20-25 9:00AM in House conference room 423 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
03/14/2025
House
Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1252) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to TOU/WAL.
03/14/2025
House
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on TOU/WAL with Representative(s) Matsumoto, Reyes Oda voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Muraoka, Pierick, Shimizu voting no (5) and Representative(s) Cochran, Holt, Iwamoto, Ward excused (4).
03/13/2025
House
The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Perruso, Kahaloa, Kusch, Quinlan; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.
03/10/2025
House
Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Thursday, 03-13-25 9:45AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
03/06/2025
Senate
Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 3). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fukunaga, Inouye, Kim, Richards . Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Lee, C.). Transmitted to House.
03/06/2025
House
Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 393) in amended form (SD 3).
03/06/2025
House
Pass First Reading
03/06/2025
House
Referred to EEP, TOU/WAL, FIN, referral sheet 19
03/04/2025
Senate
Floor Amendment No. 3 offered.
03/04/2025
Senate
Floor amendment adopted as amended (SD 3). Ayes, 24. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 0 (none).
03/04/2025
Senate
Separated Committee Report.
03/04/2025
Senate
Report filed.
03/04/2025
Senate
48 Hrs. Notice 03-06-25
02/28/2025
Senate
Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1049) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
02/28/2025
Senate
48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25.
02/27/2025
Senate
The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Kanuha, Kidani, Lee, C., Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Inouye, Kim, Wakai ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
02/21/2025
Senate
The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-27-25 10:30AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
02/14/2025
Senate
Reported from EDT/AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 662) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
02/14/2025
Senate
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
02/13/2025
Senate
The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDT were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Wakai, Fukunaga, Kim ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 0 Excused: none.
02/13/2025
Senate
The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in AEN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, DeCoite, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Richards ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 0 Excused: none.
02/10/2025
Senate
The committee(s) on EDT/AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 02-13-25 1:02PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
01/27/2025
Senate
Referred to EDT/AEN, WAM.
01/23/2025
Senate
Introduced and passed First Reading.
01/21/2025
Senate
Pending Introduction.
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Record Created
Jan 22, 2025 9:48:01 AM
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Jul 18, 2025 9:34:31 AM