Bill Commons

HI SB 732

died on adjournment

RELATING TO THE FILM INDUSTRY.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

Requires counties to waive permitting fees for certain film activity. Exempts entertainment payroll companies from the GET. Repeals an income tax exemption for persons engaged in the business of motion picture and television film production for taxable years beginning after 12/31/2023. Amends the Motion Picture, Digital Media, and Film Production Income Tax Credit by providing an additional credit to qualified productions with a workforce of at least eighty percent local hires; requiring productions to contact all local labor unions servicing Hawaii's film industry to qualify for the credit; requiring qualified production costs of a taxpayer that exceed $1,000,000 to be certified by a CPA, rather than via tax opinion; increasing the aggregate cap amount on credits allowed in any given year, ramped down by one-sixth over five years beginning on 1/1/2028; and including broadcast and streaming platform productions under the credit. Applies the GET rate for manufacturers to productions. Exempts from the GET amounts received by a motion picture project employer from a client equal to amounts that are disbursed by the motion picture project employer for employee wages, salaries, payroll taxes, insurance premiums, and employment benefits and payments to loan-out companies. Repeals certain tax exemptions and the Motion Picture, Digital Media, and Film Production Income Tax Credit on 1/1/2033. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

Introduced
2025-01-17
Status date
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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

  • DECOITEprimary

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 5:46 PM; Conference Room 225.

  7. 2025-04-25

    Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 4:40 PM; Conference Room 411.

  8. 2025-04-25

    Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 3:00 PM; Conference Room 411.

  9. 2025-04-25

    Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 2:00 PM; Conference Room 411.

  10. 2025-04-25

    Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 11:40 AM; Conference Room 411.

  11. 2025-04-24

    Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-25-25 8:15AM; Conference Room 411.

  12. 2025-04-24

    Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 809).

    receipt

  13. 2025-04-23

    House Conferees Appointed: Ilagan, Yamashita Co-Chairs; Matsumoto.

  14. 2025-04-22

    Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 863).

    receipt

  15. 2025-04-22

    Senate Conferees Appointed: DeCoite Chair; Wakai Co-Chair; Kim, DeCorte.

  16. 2025-04-10

    Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 779).

    receipt

  17. 2025-04-10

    Senate disagrees with House amendments.

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  18. 2025-04-10

    Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 654).

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  19. 2025-04-08

    Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Iwamoto voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Marten excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

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  20. 2025-04-04

    Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-08-25.

  21. 2025-04-04

    Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2015) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.

  22. 2025-04-02

    The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

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  23. 2025-03-31

    Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 04-02-25 3:30PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  24. 2025-03-14

    Re-referred to ECD, FIN, referral sheet 23

    referral-committee

  25. 2025-03-14

    Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Holt, Iwamoto, Ward excused (4).

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  26. 2025-03-14

    Reported from ECD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1237) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

  27. 2025-03-12

    The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Ilagan, Hussey, Tam, Templo, Todd, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Holt.

    committee-passage-favorable

  28. 2025-03-07

    Bill scheduled to be heard by ECD on Wednesday, 03-12-25 10:00AM in House conference room 423 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  29. 2025-03-06

    Referred to ECD, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 19

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  30. 2025-03-06

    Pass First Reading

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  31. 2025-03-04

    Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 187) in amended form (SD 2).

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  32. 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

  33. 2025-02-28

    48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25.

  34. 2025-02-28

    Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 922) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

  35. 2025-02-26

    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

  36. 2025-02-20

    The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-26-25 10:03AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  37. 2025-02-11

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

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  38. 2025-02-11

    Reported from EDT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 216) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

  39. 2025-02-04

    The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDT were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Wakai, Fukunaga, Kim, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

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  40. 2025-01-30

    The committee(s) on EDT has scheduled a public hearing on 02-04-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  41. 2025-01-23

    Referred to EDT, WAM.

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  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 EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2025-02-04 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • DeCoite: yes
    • Wakai: yes
    • Fukunaga: yes
    • Kim: yes
    • Awa: yes

  • The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2025-02-26 · 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 ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2025-03-12 · pass · 6-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Ilagan: yes
    • Hussey: yes
    • Tam: yes
    • Templo: yes
    • Todd: yes
    • Matsumoto: yes
    • Holt: not voting

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

    2025-04-02 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (16)
    • Yamashita: yes
    • Takenouchi: yes
    • Grandinetti: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hussey: 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

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