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HI HB 2429

enacted

RELATING TO TAX EXPENDITURE EVALUATION.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did HI HB 2429 pass?

Yes. HI HB 2429 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-06-26): Act 160, 06/25/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1261).

What is HI HB 2429 about?

Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, in collaboration with the Department of Taxation, to study the effectiveness of tax expenditures, prepare summary descriptive statistics, submit annual reports to the Legislature, and develop appropriate schedules and tax return forms to collect adequate information for evaluation of tax expenditures. Authorizes Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism staff to access certain information on tax returns to conduct evaluations of tax expenditures. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2026. (CD1)

Who sponsors HI HB 2429?

YAMASHITA is the primary sponsor of HI HB 2429.

Description

Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, in collaboration with the Department of Taxation, to study the effectiveness of tax expenditures, prepare summary descriptive statistics, submit annual reports to the Legislature, and develop appropriate schedules and tax return forms to collect adequate information for evaluation of tax expenditures. Authorizes Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism staff to access certain information on tax returns to conduct evaluations of tax expenditures. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2026. (CD1)

Introduced
2026-01-28
Latest action
2026-06-26 — Act 160, 06/25/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1261).
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • YAMASHITAprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-06-26

    Act 160, 06/25/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1261).

    became-law

  2. 2026-06-26

    Act 160, on 06/25/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1261).

    became-law

  3. 2026-05-08

    Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888).

    receipt

  4. 2026-05-07

    Transmitted to Governor.

  5. 2026-05-06

    Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.

    passage

  6. 2026-05-06

    Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Amato voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Cochran, Garcia, Gedeon, Muraoka voting no (5) and none excused (0).

    passage

  7. 2026-05-06

    Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 816).

    receipt

  8. 2026-05-01

    Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 05-01-26 at 11:30AM in Conference Room 411.

  9. 2026-05-01

    Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 05-01-26 at 4:31PM in Conference Room 411.

  10. 2026-05-01

    Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 5:37 PM; Conference Room 329.

  11. 2026-05-01

    Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 5:40 PM; Conference Room 309.

  12. 2026-05-01

    The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.

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  13. 2026-05-01

    The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Ilagan, Yamashita, Hussey, Tam, Gedeon; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

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  14. 2026-05-01

    Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 185-26) as amended in (CD 1).

  15. 2026-05-01

    Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-06-26.

  16. 2026-05-01

    Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 185-26).

  17. 2026-05-01

    48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-06-26

  18. 2026-04-30

    Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 05-01-26 8:01AM in conference room 411.

  19. 2026-04-28

    Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-30-26 8:30AM in conference room 411.

  20. 2026-04-27

    Senate Conferees Appointed: DeCoite Chair; Wakai Co-Chair; Fevella.

  21. 2026-04-27

    Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 778).

    receipt

  22. 2026-04-21

    House Conferees Appointed: Ilagan, Yamashita Co-Chairs; Hussey, Tam, Gedeon.

  23. 2026-04-21

    Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 799).

    receipt

  24. 2026-04-17

    Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 780).

    receipt

  25. 2026-04-16

    House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

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  26. 2026-04-14

    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

  27. 2026-04-14

    Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 690) in amended form (SD 2).

  28. 2026-04-10

    Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3735) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

  29. 2026-04-10

    48 Hrs. Notice 04-14-26.

  30. 2026-04-08

    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, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Richards, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  31. 2026-04-06

    The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-08-26 10:02AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  32. 2026-03-30

    Reported from EDT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3347) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

  33. 2026-03-30

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

    passage,reading-2,referral-committee

  34. 2026-03-24

    The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDT were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Wakai, Kim, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fukunaga.

    committee-passage-favorable

  35. 2026-03-20

    The committee(s) on EDT has scheduled a public hearing on 03-24-26 1:04PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  36. 2026-03-12

    Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 417).

    introduction,receipt

  37. 2026-03-12

    Passed First Reading.

    reading-1

  38. 2026-03-12

    Referred to EDT, WAM.

    referral-committee

  39. 2026-03-10

    Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Gedeon, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Muraoka voting no (3) and Representative(s) Pierick excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.

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  40. 2026-03-06

    Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1115-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.

  41. 2026-03-06

    Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-10-26.

  42. 2026-03-04

    The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Alcos, Gedeon; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

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  43. 2026-03-02

    The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 03-04-26.

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  44. 2026-03-02

    Bill scheduled for decision making on Wednesday, 03-04-26 10:00AM in conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  45. 2026-02-27

    Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Monday, 03-02-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  46. 2026-02-18

    Reported from ECD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 417-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

  47. 2026-02-18

    Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

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  48. 2026-02-13

    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, Yamashita; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Gedeon; Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  49. 2026-02-10

    Bill scheduled to be heard by ECD on Friday, 02-13-26 8:30AM in House conference room 423 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  50. 2026-02-02

    Referred to ECD, FIN, referral sheet 6

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  51. 2026-01-28

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

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  52. 2026-01-27

    Pending introduction.

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Votes

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

    2026-02-13 · pass · 6-0

    Member-level votes (6)
    • Ilagan: yes
    • Hussey: yes
    • Tam: yes
    • Templo: yes
    • Yamashita: yes
    • Gedeon: yes

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

    2026-03-04 · pass · 16-0

    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
    • Perruso: yes
    • Templo: yes
    • Yamashita: yes
    • Reyes Oda: yes
    • Alcos: yes
    • Gedeon: yes

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

    2026-03-24 · pass · 4-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • DeCoite: yes
    • Wakai: yes
    • Kim: yes
    • Fevella: yes
    • Fukunaga: not voting

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

    2026-04-08 · pass · 13-0

    Member-level votes (14)
    • Dela Cruz: yes
    • Moriwaki: yes
    • DeCoite: yes
    • Elefante: yes
    • Hashimoto: yes
    • Inouye: yes
    • Kanuha: yes
    • Kidani: yes
    • Kim: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • C: yes
    • Richards: yes
    • Wakai: yes
    • Fevella: yes

  • Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

    2026-04-14 · pass · 25-0

  • The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2026-05-01 · pass · 2-0

    Member-level votes (3)
    • DeCoite: yes
    • Wakai: yes
    • Fevella: not voting

  • The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments.

    2026-05-01 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Ilagan: yes
    • Yamashita: yes
    • Hussey: yes
    • Tam: yes
    • Gedeon: yes

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