Relating To Hearing Aids. [SB-1495]
[Healthcare ]
[Taxes ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
Exempts from the general excise tax, gross receipts received by a hospital, infirmary, medical clinic, health care facility, pharmacy, or a practitioner licensed to administer drugs to an individual, from the sale of hearing aids. Effective 12/31/2050. Sunsets 1/1/2027. (SD1)
SB-1495: Relating To Hearing Aids.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lynn Decoite
Reported From Hhs (stand. Com. Rep. No. 421) With Recommendation Of Passage On Second Reading, As Amended (sd 1) And Referral To Wam/cpn. on 02/13/2025
You have voted HB-1104: Relating To Amending Section 323d-54, Hawaii Revised Statutes, To Exempt The Department Of Health From Certificate Of Need Requirements..
Relating To Integrated Land Use. [HB-1016]
[Agriculture ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
Requires the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to conduct an integrated land use study for the use of lands within the agricultural districts. Establishes one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) planner position, exempt from chapter 76.
HB-1016: Relating To Integrated Land Use.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nadine Nakamura
Introduced And Pass First Reading. on 01/23/2025
Relating To The General Excise Tax. [SB-1444]
[Taxes ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Public Health ]
Authorizes general excise tax exemptions for residential care services provided by certain licensed health care facilities pursuant to a contract with the Adult Mental Health Division of the Department of Health. Effective 1/1/26. (SD1)
SB-1444: Relating To The General Excise Tax.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Kouchi
Reported From Hhs (stand. Com. Rep. No. 330) With Recommendation Of Passage On Second Reading, As Amended (sd 1) And Referral To Wam. on 02/12/2025
Relating To Integrated Land Use. [SB-1335]
[Agriculture ]
[Environmental ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Community Development ]
Requires the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to conduct an integrated land use study for the use of lands within the agricultural districts. Establishes one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) planner position. Appropriates funds. (SD1)
SB-1335: Relating To Integrated Land Use.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Kouchi
Reported From Wtl (stand. Com. Rep. No. 600) With Recommendation Of Passage On Second Reading, As Amended (sd 1) And Referral To Wam. on 02/14/2025
Relating To The General Excise Tax. [HB-1125]
[Taxes ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Authorizes general excise tax exemptions for residential care services provided by certain licensed health care facilities pursuant to a contract with the Adult Mental Health Division of the Department of Health. Effective 1/1/26.
HB-1125: Relating To The General Excise Tax.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nadine Nakamura
Introduced And Pass First Reading. on 01/23/2025
SB-1423: Relating To Amending Section 323d-54, Hawaii Revised Statutes, To Exempt The Department Of Health From Certificate Of Need Requirements.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ronald Kouchi
Reported From Hhs (stand. Com. Rep. No. 325) With Recommendation Of Passage On Second Reading, As Amended (sd 1) And Referral To Wam. on 02/12/2025
You have voted SB-1423: Relating To Amending Section 323d-54, Hawaii Revised Statutes, To Exempt The Department Of Health From Certificate Of Need Requirements..
Relating To The General Excise Tax. [HB-955]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
[Veterans ]
Exempts from the general excise tax amounts received by a nurse entrepreneur for health care-related goods and services purchased under Medicaid, Medicare, or TRICARE.
HB-955: Relating To The General Excise Tax.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregg Takayama
Introduced And Pass First Reading. on 01/23/2025
Relating To The General Excise Tax. [HB-937]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
[Food ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishes that any grants received from the federal Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) by an eligible business pursuant to the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 shall not be subject to state general excise tax. Requires any state general excise tax paid by eligible businesses for RRF grants to be refunded to the tax payer. Applicable to taxable years beginning after 3/11/2021.
HB-937: Relating To The General Excise Tax.
Sponsored by: Rep. Greggor Ilagan
Introduced And Pass First Reading. on 01/23/2025
Relating To The General Excise Tax. [SB-1278]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
[Food ]
Exempts from the state general excise tax any grants received from the federal Restaurant Revitalization Fund by an eligible business pursuant to the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. Requires the Department of Taxation to notify all taxpayers eligible for refunds of any state general excise tax paid for grants received from the federal Restaurant Revitalization Fund of their eligibility and requires taxpayers to file refund claims no later than six months following notification. Requires any state general excise taxes paid by eligible businesses
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SB-1278: Relating To The General Excise Tax.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joy San Buenaventura
Reported From Ecd (stand. Com. Rep. No. 1343) As Amended In Hd 1, Recommending Passage On Second Reading And Referral To Fin. on 03/18/2025
Relating To Retired Teachers. [HB-841]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Retirement ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Amends the break in service requirement for retirants to six months before they can be rehired as teachers or administrators in teacher shortage areas or in hard-to-fill positions. Prohibits rehired retirants from receiving additional employment benefits. Directs the Department of Education to adopt rules to identify teacher shortage areas and hard-to-fill positions. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
HB-841: Relating To Retired Teachers.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregg Takayama
Reported From Lab (stand. Com. Rep. No. 536) As Amended In Hd 2, Recommending Referral To Fin. on 02/13/2025
Relating To The Conveyance Tax. [SB-1218]
[Housing ]
[Taxes ]
[Funding ]
[Property Tax ]
[Community Development ]
[Real Estate ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
Establishes the Homeless Services Special Fund. Allows counties to apply for matching funds from the Affordable Homeownership Revolving Fund for certain housing projects. Increases the conveyance tax rates for certain properties. Repeals the separate conveyance tax rates for the sale of a condominium or single family residence for which the purchaser is ineligible for a county homeowner's exemption on property tax and establishes conveyance tax rates for multifamily residential properties. Establishes new exemptions to the conveyance tax. Allocates
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SB-1218: Relating To The Conveyance Tax.
Sponsored by: Sen. Sharon Moriwaki
Referred To Hhs/hou/wtl, Wam. on 01/27/2025
Relating To The Cigarette Tax And Tobacco Tax Law. [HB-797]
[Taxes ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Exempts the shipment of large cigars in fulfillment of a sale by mail order from the offense of unlawful shipment of tobacco products.
HB-797: Relating To The Cigarette Tax And Tobacco Tax Law.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kyle Yamashita
Introduced And Pass First Reading. on 01/21/2025
Relating To The Expeditious Redevelopment And Development Of Affordable Rental Housing. [SB-1170]
[Housing ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
[Environmental ]
Authorizes the director of a county planning department to issue a special management area use permit to redevelop permanent affordable multi-family rental housing that has been substantially destroyed as result of certain natural disasters, with certain exceptions. Permits county planning departments and any other applicable state or county department or agency to amend or modify final plans and specifications for redevelopment of an existing experimental and demonstration housing project, with certain restrictions. Requires county planning departments
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SB-1170: Relating To The Expeditious Redevelopment And Development Of Affordable Rental Housing.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joy San Buenaventura
Act 313, On 07/09/2025 (gov. Msg. No. 1426). on 07/09/2025
Relating To The General Excise Tax. [SB-1130]
[Taxes ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Construction ]
[Housing ]
[Economic Development ]
Exempts from the state general excise tax the sales and gross proceeds from sales of construction rebuilding materials for residential and commercial properties in federally declared disaster areas. Applies only to rebuilding materials purchased between 7/1/2025 and 12/31/2028. Requires a third party to issue the certification for projects qualifying for the exemption for disaster construction rebuilding materials. Sunsets on 12/31/2028. Effective 1/1/2026. (SD1)
SB-1130: Relating To The General Excise Tax.
Sponsored by: Sen. Angus McKelvey
Reported From Psm (stand. Com. Rep. No. 79) With Recommendation Of Passage On Second Reading, As Amended (sd 1) And Referral To Wam. on 02/07/2025