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HI HB 85

died on adjournment

RELATING TO THE LAND CONSERVATION FUND.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did HI HB 85 pass?

No. HI HB 85 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 85 about?

Sets the amount of conveyance tax revenues to be paid into the Land Conservation Fund to a certain per cent or monetary cap, whichever is less, of conveyance taxes collected each fiscal year. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Who sponsors HI HB 85?

KILA, KUSCH, MARTEN and 9 others are the primary sponsors of HI HB 85.

Description

Sets the amount of conveyance tax revenues to be paid into the Land Conservation Fund to a certain per cent or monetary cap, whichever is less, of conveyance taxes collected each fiscal year. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Introduced
2025-01-16
Latest action
2025-12-08 — Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • KILAprimary
  • KUSCHprimary
  • MARTENprimary
  • PERRUSOprimary
  • SOUZAprimary
  • POEPOEprimary
  • BELATTIprimary
  • CHUNprimary
  • GRANDINETTIprimary
  • IWAMOTOprimary
  • KAHALOAprimary
  • KAPELAprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-12-08

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

    carried-over

  2. 2025-02-13

    Reported from WAL/EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 589) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

  3. 2025-02-13

    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 Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3).

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  4. 2025-02-11

    The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Lamosao, Belatti, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Morikawa, Poepoe, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Woodson.

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  5. 2025-02-11

    The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Perruso, Kahaloa, Kusch; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Quinlan, Ward.

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  6. 2025-02-07

    Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL/EEP on Tuesday, 02-11-25 10:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  7. 2025-01-21

    Referred to WAL/EEP, FIN, referral sheet 1

    referral-committee

  8. 2025-01-16

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

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  9. 2025-01-13

    Prefiled.

Versions

Documents

Votes

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

    2025-02-11 · pass · 4-0

    Member-level votes (6)
    • Lowen: yes
    • Perruso: yes
    • Kahaloa: yes
    • Kusch: yes
    • Quinlan: not voting
    • Ward: not voting

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

    2025-02-11 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (10)
    • Hashem: yes
    • Lamosao: yes
    • Belatti: yes
    • Ichiyama: yes
    • Iwamoto: yes
    • Morikawa: yes
    • Poepoe: yes
    • Shimizu: yes
    • Souza: yes
    • Woodson: not voting

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Official source

https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=85&year=2026

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