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HI SB 944

died on adjournment

RELATING 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

Subjects

Sponsors

  • HASHIMOTOprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-04-02

    Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).

    receipt

  2. 2026-04-01

    House Conferee(s) discharged.

  3. 2026-03-20

    Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 409).

    receipt

  4. 2026-03-20

    Senate Conferee(s) discharged.

  5. 2025-12-08

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

    carried-over

  6. 2025-04-25

    Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 4:30 PM; Conference Room 225.

  7. 2025-04-25

    Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 3:30 PM; Conference Room 016.

  8. 2025-04-24

    Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 10:30AM; Conference Room 224.

  9. 2025-04-23

    Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-25 10:30AM; Conference Room 224.

  10. 2025-04-22

    Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Wednesday, 04-23-25 10:32AM in conference room 224.

  11. 2025-04-22

    Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 795).

    receipt

  12. 2025-04-21

    House Conferees Appointed: Evslin, Miyake Co-Chairs; Pierick.

  13. 2025-04-16

    Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 809).

    receipt

  14. 2025-04-16

    Senate Conferees Appointed: Chang Chair; Hashimoto Co-Chair; Kanuha, Fevella.

  15. 2025-04-04

    Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 590).

    receipt

  16. 2025-04-04

    Senate disagrees with House amendments.

    amendment-failure

  17. 2025-04-04

    Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 478).

    introduction,receipt

  18. 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

  19. 2025-04-03

    Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1911), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  20. 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

  21. 2025-03-27

    Bill scheduled for decision making on Friday, 03-28-25 1:59PM in conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  22. 2025-03-27

    The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 03-28-25.

    deferral

  23. 2025-03-24

    Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 03-27-25 3:30PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  24. 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

  25. 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.

  26. 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

  27. 2025-03-11

    Bill scheduled to be heard by HSG on Friday, 03-14-25 9:00AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  28. 2025-03-06

    Referred to HSG, FIN, referral sheet 19

    referral-committee

  29. 2025-03-06

    Pass First Reading

    reading-1

  30. 2025-03-04

    Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 224) in amended form (SD 2).

    introduction,receipt

  31. 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

  32. 2025-02-28

    48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25.

  33. 2025-02-28

    Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1000) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

  34. 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

  35. 2025-02-26

    The committee(s) on WAM deferred the measure until 02-27-25 10:31AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

    deferral

  36. 2025-02-24

    The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-26-25 10:04AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  37. 2025-02-14

    Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.

    passage,reading-2,referral-committee

  38. 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.

  39. 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

  40. 2025-01-31

    The committee(s) on HOU has scheduled a public hearing on 02-04-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

  41. 2025-01-23

    Referred to HOU, WAM.

    referral-committee

  42. 2025-01-21

    Passed First Reading.

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  43. 2025-01-17

    Introduced.

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Versions

Documents

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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