HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2025

 

COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

Rep. Kyle T. Yamashita, Chair

Rep. Jenna Takenouchi, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Tina Nakada Grandinetti

Rep. Mike Lee

Rep. Daniel Holt

Rep. Tyson K. Miyake

Rep. Ikaika Hussey

Rep. Dee Morikawa

Rep. Sue L. Keohokapu-Lee Loy

Rep. Shirley Ann Templo

Rep. Lisa Kitagawa

Rep. David Alcos III

Rep. Matthias Kusch

Rep. Julie Reyes Oda

Rep. Rachele F. Lamosao

Rep. Gene Ward

 

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

DATE:

Wednesday, February 19, 2025

TIME:

2:00 p.m.

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State Capitol

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A G E N D A #1

 

HB 1026, HD1

(HSCR267)

Status

MAKING EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Makes emergency appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Bargaining Units (1), (2), (3), (4), (8), (9), (10), (13), and (14) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal year 2024-2025.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD1)

 

LAB, FIN

HB 1027, HD1

(HSCR313)

Status

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Bargaining Unit (1) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2025-2027.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD1)

 

LAB, FIN

HB 1028, HD1

(HSCR268)

Status

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Bargaining Unit (2) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2025-2027.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD1)

 

LAB, FIN

HB 1029, HD1

(HSCR269)

Status

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Bargaining Unit (3) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2025-2027.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD1)

 

LAB, FIN

HB 1030, HD1

(HSCR270)

Status

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Bargaining Unit (4) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2025-2027.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD1)

 

LAB, FIN

HB 1031, HD1

(HSCR314)

Status

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Bargaining Unit (5) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2025-2027.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD1)

 

LAB, FIN

HB 1032, HD1

(HSCR315)

Status

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Bargaining Unit (6) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2025-2027.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD1)

 

LAB, FIN

HB 1033, HD1

(HSCR316)

Status

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Bargaining Unit (7) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2025-2027.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD1)

 

LAB, FIN

HB 1034, HD1

(HSCR271)

Status

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Bargaining Unit (8) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2025-2027.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD1)

 

LAB, FIN

HB 1035, HD1

(HSCR272)

Status

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Bargaining Unit (9) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2025-2027.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD1)

 

LAB, FIN

HB 1036, HD1

(HSCR273)

Status

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Bargaining Unit (10) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2025-2027.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD1)

 

LAB, FIN

HB 1037, HD1

(HSCR274)

Status

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Bargaining Unit (11) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2025-2027.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD1)

 

LAB, FIN

HB 1038, HD1

(HSCR275)

Status

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Bargaining Unit (13) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2025-2027.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD1)

 

LAB, FIN

HB 1039, HD1

(HSCR276)

Status

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Provides appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Bargaining Unit (14) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2025-2027.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD1)

 

LAB, FIN

HB 1439

Status

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Makes an appropriation for the public employment cost items and cost adjustments for employees of the Senate, House of Representatives, and various legislative agencies who are excluded from collective bargaining.

 

FIN

HB 795

Status

RELATING TO THE GENERAL FUND.

Provides a tax credit to taxpayers and makes deposits to the emergency and budget reserve fund and other post-employment benefits trust fund pursuant to article VII, section 6, of the Hawaii State Constitution.  Appropriates funds.

 

FIN

HB 794

Status

RELATING TO STATE BONDS.

Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds.  Makes findings required by Article VII, Section 13, of the Hawaii State Constitution to declare that the issuance of authorized bonds will not cause the debt limit to be exceeded.

 

FIN

HB 529, HD1

(HSCR486)

Status

RELATING TO STATE FINANCES.

Authorizes the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to secure revenue bonds as a line of credit or other instrument of indebtedness for the Bond Volume Cap Recycling Program.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD1)

 

HSG, FIN

HB 1145

Status

RELATING TO CONFORMITY TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.

Conforms Hawaii income and estate and generation-skipping transfer tax laws to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended as of December 31, 2024.

 

FIN

HB 1146

Status

RELATING TO PASS-THROUGH ENTITY TAXATION.

For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024, requires all qualified members claiming a credit for pass-through entity taxation to adjust their income to include the qualified member's share of taxes paid by an electing pass-through entity.

 

FIN

HB 1147

Status

RELATING TO THE EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT.

Clarifies that nonresidents who claim the refundable earned income tax credit are required to adjust the amount claimed using the ratio of their Hawaii adjusted gross income to federal adjusted gross income.  Eliminates the unlimited carryforward on nonrefundable earned income tax credits for tax year 2022.

 

FIN

HB 1149

Status

RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX EXEMPTIONS.

Repeals the general excise tax exemption for amounts received by independent sugar cane farmers.  Repeals the general excise tax exemption for amounts received by a contractor of the Patient-Centered Community Care program that is established by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs pursuant to title 38 United States Code section 8153.  Effective 1/1/2026.

 

FIN

HB 1153

Status

RELATING TO FUNDING ADJUSTMENTS FOR STATE PROGRAMS.

Authorizes supplemental allotments and transfer of unrequired balances for capital improvement program projects and establishes a protocol fund for each state principal department.  Effective upon approval.

 

FIN

HB 1173

Status

RELATING TO TAX LIENS.

Requires the Department of Taxation to:  (1) State the assessment date on certificates of tax lien; and (2) Issue certificates of discharge when the tax liability on which a lien is based has become unenforceable by lapse of time.

 

FIN

 

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Rep. Kyle T. Yamashita

Chair