RELATING TO TAXATION.
Summary
Increases the state tax credit for renters earning less than $60,000 per year and links future increases to the Consumer Price Index. Makes Hawaii's earned income tax credit refundable. Increases the state food/excise tax credit by specified amounts and links future increases to the Consumer Price Index. Minimizes the adverse budgetary effect of increasing tax credits for working families by raising income taxes for high-income taxpayers.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 18, 2019
Last action Jan 22, 2019
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
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Actions timeline
Total actions
3
Key actions
0
Committee
1
Jan 22, 2019
Committee
Referred to FIN, referral sheet 3
lower
Jan 22, 2019
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
Jan 18, 2019
Introduced
Pending introduction.
lower
3 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Joy San Buenaventura
DDemocratic
P
Mark Nakashima
DDemocratic
P
SE
Sharon E. Har
DDemocratic
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