Hawaii bills · 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii SB 944
RELATING TO THE LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became law
Sponsors
- HASHIMOTO (Democratic)
Summary
Official abstract published by the Hawaii legislature· description
Clarifies that a partner or member that is a partnership or limited liability company that has been allocated a low-income housing tax credit may either further allocate the credit or transfer, sell, or assign all or a portion of the credit to any taxpayer. Extends the sunset date of Act 129, SLH 2016, relating to the low-income housing tax credit, until 12/31/2032. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Roll-call votes
State vote data last updated Oct 17, 2026, 4:17 AM.
| Date | Vote | Result | Your legislators |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 2025 House | The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. | pass | Set your home in Hawaii to see |
| Mar 14, 2025 House | The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. | pass | Set your home in Hawaii to see |
| Mar 4, 2025 Senate | Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). | pass | Set your home in Hawaii to see |
| Feb 27, 2025 Senate | The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. | pass | Set your home in Hawaii to see |
| Feb 4, 2025 Senate | The committee(s) on HOU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. | pass | Set your home in Hawaii to see |
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- Jan 17, 2025 · Senate
Introduced. - Jan 21, 2025 · Senate
Passed First Reading. - Jan 23, 2025 · Senate
Referred to HOU, WAM. - Jan 31, 2025 · Senate
The committee(s) on HOU has scheduled a public hearing on 02-04-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference. - Feb 4, 2025 · Senate
The committee(s) on HOU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HOU were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Chang, Hashimoto, Kanuha, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Aquino. - Feb 14, 2025 · Senate
Reported from HOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 564) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM. - Feb 14, 2025 · Senate
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. - Feb 24, 2025 · Senate
The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-26-25 10:04AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference. - Feb 26, 2025 · Senate
The committee(s) on WAM deferred the measure until 02-27-25 10:31AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference. - Feb 27, 2025 · Senate
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, Aquino, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. - Feb 28, 2025 · Senate
Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1000) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). - Feb 28, 2025 · Senate
48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25. - Mar 4, 2025 · Senate
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. - Mar 4, 2025 · House
Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 224) in amended form (SD 2). - Mar 6, 2025 · House
Pass First Reading - Mar 6, 2025 · House
Referred to HSG, FIN, referral sheet 19 - Mar 11, 2025 · House
Bill scheduled to be heard by HSG on Friday, 03-14-25 9:00AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. - Mar 14, 2025 · House
The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Miyake, Grandinetti, Kila, Kitagawa, La Chica, Muraoka; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick. - Mar 18, 2025 · House
Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1357) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN. - Mar 18, 2025 · House
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Amato voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). - Mar 24, 2025 · House
Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 03-27-25 3:30PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. - Mar 27, 2025 · House
The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 03-28-25. - Mar 27, 2025 · House
Bill scheduled for decision making on Friday, 03-28-25 1:59PM in conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. - Mar 28, 2025 · House
The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Hussey, Ward. - Apr 3, 2025 · House
Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1911), recommending passage on Third Reading. - Apr 3, 2025 · House
Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Iwamoto voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Amato, Muraoka voting no (2) and Representative(s) Cochran, Woodson excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. - Apr 4, 2025 · Senate
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 478). - Apr 4, 2025 · Senate
Senate disagrees with House amendments. - Apr 4, 2025 · House
Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 590). - Apr 16, 2025 · Senate
Senate Conferees Appointed: Chang Chair; Hashimoto Co-Chair; Kanuha, Fevella. - Apr 16, 2025 · House
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 809). - Apr 21, 2025 · House
House Conferees Appointed: Evslin, Miyake Co-Chairs; Pierick. - Apr 22, 2025 · Senate
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 795). - Apr 22, 2025 · House
Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Wednesday, 04-23-25 10:32AM in conference room 224. - Apr 23, 2025 · Senate
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-25 10:30AM; Conference Room 224. - Apr 24, 2025 · Senate
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 10:30AM; Conference Room 224. - Apr 25, 2025 · Senate
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 3:30 PM; Conference Room 016. - Apr 25, 2025 · Senate
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 4:30 PM; Conference Room 225. - Dec 8, 2025 · Legislature
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session. - Mar 20, 2026 · Senate
Senate Conferee(s) discharged. - Mar 20, 2026 · House
Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 409). - Apr 1, 2026 · House
House Conferee(s) discharged. - Apr 2, 2026 · Senate
Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).