THE SENATE

KA AHA KENEKOA

 

THE THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2025

 

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz, Chair

Senator Sharon Y. Moriwaki, Vice Chair

 

 

MEASURES DEFERRED TO TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 2025

 

DATE:

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

TIME:

10:00AM

PLACE:

Conference Room 211 & Videoconference

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

TIMESLOT:

WAM

 

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

 

 

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BUILDING HOURS: 7AM TO 5PM, MONDAY – FRIDAY

 

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A G E N D A

 

HB 476, HD2

      (HSCR1166)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO CAPITAL GAINS TAX.

Amends the capital gains tax rate for individuals, estates, and trusts.  Amends the alternative capital gains tax for corporations.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD2)

 

WAM

HB 796, HD1

      (HSCR986)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO TAX CREDITS.

Requires that income tax credits established or renewed after 12/31/2025 include a five-year sunset or an annual one-third reduction, beginning with the sixth year of the credit.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD1)

 

WAM

HB 1059, HD1

      (HSCR943)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.

Converts the Emergency Management Specialist series positions at level V and higher in the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency from civil service status to exempt status.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD1)

 

WAM

HB 1145, HD1

      (HSCR998)

      Status & Testimony

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.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD1)

 

WAM

HB 1146, HD1

      (HSCR999)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO PASS-THROUGH ENTITY TAXATION.

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 for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD1)

 

WAM

HB 1147, HD1

      (HSCR1000)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT.

Clarifies that nonresidents who claim the state 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 claimed for tax year 2022.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD1)

 

WAM

HB 1173, HD1

      (HSCR993)

      Status & Testimony

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 been satisfied or has become unenforceable by lapse of time.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD1)

 

WAM

HB 1439, HD1

      (HSCR1004)

      Status & Testimony

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.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD1)

 

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Decision making meeting only, no public testimony will be accepted.

 

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FOR AMENDED NOTICES:  Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

 

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