RELATING TO TAXATION.
Summary
Increases the amount of the rental motor vehicle surcharge tax to $5. Repeals the additional surcharge tax for lessees who do not possess a valid Hawaii driver's license. Repeals the requirement that $2 of the additional surcharge be deposited into the county subaccount in the state highway fund. (CD1)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Apr 2019
Senate Passage
Apr 2019
House Passage
Apr 2019
Signed into Law
Jul 2019
Introduced Jan 18, 2019
Signed Jul 3, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Mar 5, 2019 · House Apr 9, 2019
How they voted
24–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 25
Mar 5, 2019
D
Democratic24
95% Yea
R
Republican1
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
52
Key actions
18
Committee
22
Amendments
2
Jul 3, 2019
Signed into law
Act 174, 07/01/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1276).
upper
Jul 3, 2019
Signed into law
Act 174, on 07/01/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1276).
lower
Apr 26, 2019
Lower · Passed
Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 175) as amended in (CD 1).
lower
Apr 26, 2019
Introduced
48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-19.
upper
Apr 26, 2019
Upper · Passed
Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 175).
upper
Apr 26, 2019
Lower · Passed
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Aquino, Takumi, Cullen, Hashimoto, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
lower
Apr 26, 2019
Upper · Passed
The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Keith-Agaran; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.
upper
Apr 25, 2019
Upper · Passed
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-19 10:25AM in conference room 225.
upper
Apr 24, 2019
Upper · Passed
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-19 10:25AM in conference room 225.
upper
Apr 23, 2019
Upper · Passed
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-24-19 1:15PM in conference room 225.
upper
Apr 11, 2019
Introduced
Senate disagrees with House amendments.
upper
Apr 11, 2019
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 727).
upper
Apr 9, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 3 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Okimoto, Ward voting no (2) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.
lower
Mar 27, 2019
Lower · Passed
The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Todd, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Holt.
lower
Mar 22, 2019
Committee
Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) DeCoite, Matsumoto, McKelvey, Ward voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Okimoto voting no (1) and Representative(s) Quinlan, Yamane excused (2).
lower
Mar 22, 2019
Committee
Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1599) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
lower
Mar 19, 2019
Lower · Passed
The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Ichiyama, Aquino, Cabanilla Arakawa, Cachola, Har, Kong, Onishi, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Mizuno.
lower
Mar 15, 2019
Committee
Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1346) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
lower
Mar 13, 2019
Lower · Passed
The committees on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Aquino, Hashimoto, Brower, Cullen, Hashem, Matayoshi, Woodson, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
lower
Mar 7, 2019
Committee
Referred to TRN, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 27
lower
Mar 5, 2019
Introduced
Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 59) in amended form (SD 2).
lower
Mar 5, 2019
Upper · Passed
Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Harimoto). Transmitted to House.
upper
Mar 1, 2019
Upper · 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) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 4 Excused: Senator(s) English, Harimoto, K. Kahele, Fevella.
upper
Feb 28, 2019
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on WAM added the measure to the public hearing scheduled on 03-01-19 10:15AM in conference room 211.
upper
Feb 14, 2019
Committee
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
upper
Feb 14, 2019
Committee
Reported from HMS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 353) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
upper
Feb 11, 2019
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on HMS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HMS were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Ruderman, K. Rhoads, Ihara, Riviere; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.
upper
Feb 6, 2019
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on HMS has scheduled a public hearing on 02-11-19 3:15PM in conference room 016.
upper
Feb 6, 2019
Committee
Re-Referred to HMS, WAM.
upper
Jan 22, 2019
Committee
Referred to LCA/HMS, WAM.
upper
Jan 18, 2019
Introduced
Introduced.
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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