Hawaii bills · 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii HB 2444

RELATING TO TAXATION.

1. Introduced
2. In committee
3. Passed House
4. Passed Senate
5. To Governor
6. Became law

Sponsors

• TEMPLO (Democratic)
• ALCOS (Republican)
• AMATO (Democratic)
• BELATTI (Democratic)
• HUSSEY (Democratic)
• IWAMOTO (Democratic)
• KILA (Democratic)
• KUSCH (Democratic)
• LOWEN (Democratic)
• MARTEN (Democratic)
• MATAYOSHI (Democratic)
• MORIKAWA (Democratic)
• MURAOKA (Republican)
• PIERICK (Republican)
• POEPOE (Democratic)
• SHIMIZU (Republican)
• SOUZA (Republican)
• TAKAYAMA (Democratic)

Summary

Text versions

• HB2444
• HB2444_HD1
• HB2444_HD2
• HB2444_HD3

Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 8:04 PM.

Actions

• Jan 27, 2026 · House
  Pending introduction.
• Jan 28, 2026 · House
  Introduced and Pass First Reading.
• Feb 2, 2026 · House
  Referred to HSG, ECD, FIN, referral sheet 6
• Feb 3, 2026 · House
  Bill scheduled to be heard by HSG on Friday, 02-06-26 9:30AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• Feb 6, 2026 · House
  The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Miyake, Cochran, Grandinetti, Kila, Kitagawa, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) La Chica.
• Feb 11, 2026 · House
  Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 142-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to ECD.
• Feb 11, 2026 · House
  Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on ECD with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Holt excused (1).
• Feb 12, 2026 · House
  Bill scheduled to be heard by ECD on Wednesday, 02-18-26 9:30AM in House conference room 423 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• Feb 18, 2026 · House
  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, Gedeon; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
• Feb 20, 2026 · House
  Reported from ECD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 620-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
• Feb 20, 2026 · House
  Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1).
• Feb 24, 2026 · House
  Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 02-27-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• Feb 27, 2026 · House
  The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 03-02-26.
• Feb 27, 2026 · House
  Bill scheduled for decision making on Monday, 03-02-26 10:00AM in conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• Mar 2, 2026 · House
  The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Alcos.
• Mar 6, 2026 · House
  Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1089-26) as amended in HD 3, recommending passage on Third Reading.
• Mar 6, 2026 · House
  Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-10-26.
• Mar 10, 2026 · House
  Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 3 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Kong, Pierick excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.
• Mar 12, 2026 · Senate
  Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 421).
• Mar 12, 2026 · Senate
  Passed First Reading.
• Mar 12, 2026 · Senate
  Referred to HOU, WAM.