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Hawaii bills · 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii SB 2580

RELATING TO THE MOTION PICTURE, DIGITAL MEDIA, AND FILM PRODUCTION INCOME TAX CREDIT.

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

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Summary

Official abstract published by the Hawaii legislature· description

Amends the Motion Picture, Digital Media, and Film Production Income Tax Credit (tax credit) by, beginning for costs incurred after 12/31/2025, providing an additional credit to qualified productions with a workforce of at least eighty percent local hires; requiring each taxpayer claiming the tax credit to submit an independent third-party certification verifying certain information to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; increasing the per-production cap amount to $20,000,000 and excluding qualified productions that incur at least $60,000,000 of qualified production costs from the per-production cap amount; changing the aggregate cap amount to $60,000,000; providing that, beginning for costs incurred after 12/31/2023, if the total amount of tax credits claimed in a year is less than the aggregate cap amount, the cap for the subsequent year shall be increased by the unclaimed amount; defining "streaming platform" and amending the definition of "qualified production" to include certain streaming productions; and extending the sunset date of the tax credit to 1/1/2038. Exempts from the general excise tax certain amounts received by a motion picture project employer from a client company that represent reimbursements for costs paid or incurred by the client company for reasonable employment-related costs of motion picture project workers or loan-out companies. (CD1)

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Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 12:03 AM.

DateVoteResultYour legislators
May 6, 2026
Senate		Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1).passSet your home in Hawaii to see
May 1, 2026
House		The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments.passSet your home in Hawaii to see
May 1, 2026
Senate		The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.passSet your home in Hawaii to see
Apr 7, 2026
House		The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.passSet your home in Hawaii to see
Mar 20, 2026
House		The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.passSet your home in Hawaii to see
Mar 5, 2026
Senate		Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).passSet your home in Hawaii to see
Feb 19, 2026
Senate		The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.passSet your home in Hawaii to see
Feb 3, 2026
Senate		The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.passSet your home in Hawaii to see

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