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HI HB 479

died on adjournment

RELATING TO THE TIP CREDIT.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did HI HB 479 pass?

No. HI HB 479 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-12-08): Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

What is HI HB 479 about?

Beginning 1/1/2026, increases the tip credit to be twenty per cent of the minimum wage and requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to annually calculate an adjusted tip credit amount.

Who sponsors HI HB 479?

SAYAMA, HOLT, KILA and 5 others are the primary sponsors of HI HB 479.

Description

Beginning 1/1/2026, increases the tip credit to be twenty per cent of the minimum wage and requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to annually calculate an adjusted tip credit amount.

Introduced
2025-01-21
Latest action
2025-12-08 — Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • SAYAMAprimary
  • HOLTprimary
  • KILAprimary
  • LAMOSAOprimary
  • MARTENprimary
  • MATAYOSHIprimary
  • MIYAKEprimary
  • TARNASprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-12-08

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

    carried-over

  2. 2025-01-21

    Referred to LAB, FIN, referral sheet 2

    referral-committee

  3. 2025-01-21

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-01-17

    Pending introduction.

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

Official source

https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=479&year=2026

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:20:09.051962Z

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