HI SB 944
died on adjournmentRELATING TO THE LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT.
Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · upper
Description
Clarifies that a partner or member that is a partnership or limited liability company that has been allocated a low-income housing tax credit may either further allocate the credit or transfer, sell, or assign all or a portion of the credit to any taxpayer. Extends the sunset date of Act 129, SLH 2016, relating to the low-income housing tax credit, until 12/31/2032. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
- Introduced
- 2025-01-17
- Status date
- —
- Latest action
- 2026-04-02 — Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- HASHIMOTOprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2026-04-02
Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
receipt
2026-04-01
House Conferee(s) discharged.
2026-03-20
Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 409).
receipt
2026-03-20
Senate Conferee(s) discharged.
2025-12-08
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
carried-over
2025-04-25
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 4:30 PM; Conference Room 225.
2025-04-25
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 3:30 PM; Conference Room 016.
2025-04-24
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 10:30AM; Conference Room 224.
2025-04-23
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-25 10:30AM; Conference Room 224.
2025-04-22
Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Wednesday, 04-23-25 10:32AM in conference room 224.
2025-04-22
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 795).
receipt
2025-04-21
House Conferees Appointed: Evslin, Miyake Co-Chairs; Pierick.
2025-04-16
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 809).
receipt
2025-04-16
Senate Conferees Appointed: Chang Chair; Hashimoto Co-Chair; Kanuha, Fevella.
2025-04-04
Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 590).
receipt
2025-04-04
Senate disagrees with House amendments.
amendment-failure
2025-04-04
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 478).
introduction,receipt
2025-04-03
Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Iwamoto voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Amato, Muraoka voting no (2) and Representative(s) Cochran, Woodson excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.
passage
2025-04-03
Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1911), recommending passage on Third Reading.
2025-03-28
The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Hussey, Ward.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-27
Bill scheduled for decision making on Friday, 03-28-25 1:59PM in conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2025-03-27
The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 03-28-25.
deferral
2025-03-24
Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 03-27-25 3:30PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2025-03-18
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Amato voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2).
reading-2,referral-committee
2025-03-18
Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1357) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
2025-03-14
The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Miyake, Grandinetti, Kila, Kitagawa, La Chica, Muraoka; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-11
Bill scheduled to be heard by HSG on Friday, 03-14-25 9:00AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2025-03-06
Referred to HSG, FIN, referral sheet 19
referral-committee
2025-03-06
Pass First Reading
reading-1
2025-03-04
Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 224) in amended form (SD 2).
introduction,receipt
2025-03-04
Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
passage
2025-02-28
48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25.
2025-02-28
Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1000) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
2025-02-27
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, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-02-26
The committee(s) on WAM deferred the measure until 02-27-25 10:31AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
deferral
2025-02-24
The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-26-25 10:04AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
2025-02-14
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
passage,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-02-14
Reported from HOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 564) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
2025-02-04
The committee(s) on HOU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HOU were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Chang, Hashimoto, Kanuha, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Aquino.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-01-31
The committee(s) on HOU has scheduled a public hearing on 02-04-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
2025-01-23
Referred to HOU, WAM.
referral-committee
2025-01-21
Passed First Reading.
reading-1
2025-01-17
Introduced.
introduction
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Votes
The committee(s) on HOU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
2025-02-04 · pass · 4-0
Member-level votes (5)
- Chang: yes
- Hashimoto: yes
- Kanuha: yes
- Fevella: yes
- Aquino: not voting
The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
2025-02-27 · pass · 13-0
Member-level votes (14)
- Dela Cruz: yes
- Moriwaki: yes
- Aquino: yes
- DeCoite: yes
- Elefante: yes
- Hashimoto: yes
- Inouye: yes
- Kanuha: yes
- Kidani: yes
- Kim: yes
- Lee: yes
- C: yes
- Wakai: yes
- Fevella: yes
Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
2025-03-04 · pass · 25-0
The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
2025-03-14 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Cochran: not voting
- Pierick: not voting
- Evslin: yes
- Miyake: yes
- Grandinetti: yes
- Kila: yes
- Kitagawa: yes
- La Chica: yes
- Muraoka: yes
The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.
2025-03-28 · pass · 14-0
Member-level votes (17)
- Yamashita: yes
- Takenouchi: yes
- Grandinetti: yes
- Holt: yes
- Keohokapu-Lee Loy: yes
- Kitagawa: yes
- Kusch: yes
- Lamosao: yes
- Lee: yes
- M: yes
- Miyake: yes
- Morikawa: yes
- Templo: yes
- Alcos: yes
- Reyes Oda: yes
- Hussey: not voting
- Ward: not voting
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