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HI HB 2195

died on adjournment

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Requires the Department of Transportation to assess a per passenger head infrastructure fee against cruise ships docking in the State's commercial harbors. Establishes the Cruise Ship Special Fund. Repeals existing law imposing the Transient Accommodations Tax on cruise ships, effective retroactive to 1/1/2026. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Introduced
2026-01-28
Status date
Latest action
2026-03-12 — Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 375).
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • KILAprimary
  • EVSLINprimary
  • MIYAKEprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-03-12

    Referred to TRS/EDT, WAM/JDC.

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-03-12

    Passed First Reading.

    reading-1

  3. 2026-03-12

    Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 375).

    introduction,receipt

  4. 2026-03-10

    Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Gedeon, Kong, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Pierick, Reyes Oda, Shimizu voting no (9) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.

    passage

  5. 2026-03-06

    Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1167-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  6. 2026-03-05

    The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Yamashita, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Gedeon; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Alcos; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Perruso.

    committee-passage-favorable

  7. 2026-03-03

    Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 03-05-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  8. 2026-02-20

    Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Cochran, Gedeon, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Reyes Oda, Souza voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Pierick, Shimizu voting no (4) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1).

    passage,referral-committee

  9. 2026-02-20

    Reported from TOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 728-26), recommending referral to FIN.

  10. 2026-02-19

    The committee on TOU recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Tam, Templo, Ilagan, Yamashita, Gedeon; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Hussey.

    committee-passage-favorable

  11. 2026-02-13

    Bill scheduled to be heard by TOU on Thursday, 02-19-26 9:30AM in House conference room 423 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  12. 2026-02-12

    Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on TOU with Representative(s) Reyes Oda, Souza voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Gedeon, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (5) and none excused (0).

    reading-2,referral-committee

  13. 2026-02-12

    Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 209-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to TOU.

  14. 2026-02-10

    The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Miyake, Cochran, Evslin, Grandinetti, Kitagawa, La Chica; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Muraoka; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Pierick; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  15. 2026-02-06

    Bill scheduled to be heard by TRN on Tuesday, 02-10-26 9:30AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  16. 2026-01-30

    Referred to TRN, TOU, FIN, referral sheet 5

    referral-committee

  17. 2026-01-28

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

    introduction,reading-1

  18. 2026-01-26

    Pending introduction.

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2026-02-10 · pass · 8-1

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Kila: yes
    • Miyake: yes
    • Cochran: yes
    • Evslin: yes
    • Grandinetti: yes
    • Kitagawa: yes
    • La Chica: yes
    • Muraoka: yes
    • Pierick: no
  • The committee on TOU recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.

    2026-02-19 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (6)
    • Tam: yes
    • Templo: yes
    • Ilagan: yes
    • Yamashita: yes
    • Gedeon: yes
    • Hussey: not voting
  • The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.

    2026-03-05 · pass · 14-1

    Member-level votes (17)
    • Todd: yes
    • Takenouchi: yes
    • Hartsfield: yes
    • Hussey: yes
    • Keohokapu-Lee Loy: yes
    • Kitagawa: yes
    • Kusch: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • M: yes
    • Miyake: yes
    • Morikawa: yes
    • Templo: yes
    • Yamashita: yes
    • Reyes Oda: yes
    • Gedeon: yes
    • Alcos: no
    • Perruso: not voting

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