RELATING TO TAXATION.
Summary
Establishes an income tax credit for host families of foreign exchange students, fellows, and interns. Effective 7/1/2051. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2051. (SD2)
Bill status
in committee
3 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Apr 2017
Senate Passage
Mar 2017
Governor
Introduced Jan 20, 2017
Last action Apr 25, 2017
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
39
Key actions
14
Committee
19
Amendments
2
Apr 25, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-17 3:00PM in conference room 329.
legislature
Apr 24, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-17 3:00PM in conference room 329.
legislature
Apr 21, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-17 3:00PM in conference room 329.
legislature
Apr 20, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-21-17 2:45PM in conference room 329.
legislature
Apr 13, 2017
Introduced
House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
legislature
Apr 11, 2017
Introduced
Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 583) in amended form (SD 2).
legislature
Apr 11, 2017
Legislature · Passed
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.
legislature
Apr 3, 2017
Legislature · Passed
The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 9 Aye(s): Senator(s) Tokuda, Dela Cruz, English, Harimoto, K. Kahele, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Galuteria, Inouye.
legislature
Mar 31, 2017
Legislature · Passed
The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-03-17 1:35PM in conference room 211.
legislature
Mar 24, 2017
Committee
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
legislature
Mar 24, 2017
Committee
Reported from EDU/IAA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1056) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
legislature
Mar 20, 2017
Legislature · Passed
The committee(s) on IAA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in IAA were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Taniguchi, S. Chang, Ihara, Shimabukuro; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) English.
legislature
Mar 20, 2017
Legislature · Passed
The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDU were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kidani, Dela Cruz, Espero, Riviere; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) K. Kahele.
legislature
Mar 15, 2017
Legislature · Passed
The committee(s) on EDU/IAA has scheduled a public hearing on 03-20-17 3:45PM in conference room 229.
legislature
Mar 9, 2017
Committee
Referred to EDU/IAA, WAM.
legislature
Mar 7, 2017
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 110).
legislature
Mar 3, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Choy voting no (1) and Representative(s) Ichiyama, McDermott excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.
legislature
Feb 28, 2017
Legislature · Passed
The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Cachola, Choy, Holt, Keohokalole, Kobayashi, LoPresti, Lowen, Nakamura, Tokioka, Quinlan, Yamashita, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) DeCoite, Gates, Tupola.
legislature
Feb 16, 2017
Committee
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) DeCoite, Holt, Souki excused (3).
legislature
Feb 16, 2017
Committee
Reported from VMI (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 421) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
legislature
Feb 9, 2017
Legislature · Passed
The committees on VMI recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Ito, Tokioka, Cachola, Choy, Onishi, Woodson, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ohno.
legislature
Feb 3, 2017
Committee
Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 25) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to VMI.
legislature
Feb 1, 2017
Legislature · Passed
The committees on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Har, Creagan, Hashem, Ohno, Onishi, Woodson, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ing.
legislature
Jan 25, 2017
Committee
Referred to EDN, VMI, FIN, referral sheet 3
legislature
Jan 20, 2017
Introduced
Pending introduction.
legislature
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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