Bill Sponsor
Hawaii House Bill 2195
Session 2026
Relating To Transportation.
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Mar 12, 2026
Sponsors
First Action
Jan 26, 2026
Latest Action
Mar 12, 2026
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill Number
2195
State
Hawaii
Session
2026
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Primary
Democrat
Primary
Democrat
Primary
House Votes (3)
Motion Text
The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.
Summary
Requires the Department of Transportation to assess a per passenger head infrastructure fee against cruise ships docking in the State's commercial harbors. Establishes the Cruise Ship Special Fund. Repeals existing law imposing the Transient Accommodations Tax on cruise ships, effective retroactive to 1/1/2026. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
Actions (18)
03/12/2026
Senate
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 375).
03/12/2026
Senate
Passed First Reading.
03/12/2026
Senate
Referred to TRS/EDT, WAM/JDC.
03/10/2026
House
Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Gedeon, Kong, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Pierick, Reyes Oda, Shimizu voting no (9) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.
03/06/2026
House
Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1167-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.
03/05/2026
House
The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Yamashita, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Gedeon; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Alcos; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Perruso.
03/03/2026
House
Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 03-05-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
02/20/2026
House
Reported from TOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 728-26), recommending referral to FIN.
02/20/2026
House
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Cochran, Gedeon, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Reyes Oda, Souza voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Pierick, Shimizu voting no (4) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1).
02/19/2026
House
The committee on TOU recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Tam, Templo, Ilagan, Yamashita, Gedeon; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Hussey.
02/13/2026
House
Bill scheduled to be heard by TOU on Thursday, 02-19-26 9:30AM in House conference room 423 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
02/12/2026
House
Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 209-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to TOU.
02/12/2026
House
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on TOU with Representative(s) Reyes Oda, Souza voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Gedeon, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (5) and none excused (0).
02/10/2026
House
The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Miyake, Cochran, Evslin, Grandinetti, Kitagawa, La Chica; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Muraoka; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Pierick; and 0 Excused: none.
02/06/2026
House
Bill scheduled to be heard by TRN on Tuesday, 02-10-26 9:30AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
01/30/2026
House
Referred to TRN, TOU, FIN, referral sheet 5
01/28/2026
House
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
01/26/2026
House
Pending introduction.
Sources
Record Created
Jan 27, 2026 6:34:34 AM
Record Updated
Mar 18, 2026 11:02:24 AM