RELATING TO THE EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT.
Summary
Requires all employers to notify their employees in writing of the availability of the federal and state earned income tax credits. Effective 1/1/2050. (HD1)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Mar 2020
House Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 17, 2020
Last action Mar 3, 2020
Floor votes · House Feb 27, 2020
How they voted
49–1
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 51
Feb 27, 2020
D
Democratic45
97% Yea
R
Republican5
80% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
3
Committee
5
Mar 3, 2020
Committee
Referred to LCA, WAM.
upper
Feb 28, 2020
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 49).
upper
Feb 27, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Okimoto voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cabanilla Arakawa excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.
lower
Feb 20, 2020
Lower · Passed
The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Todd, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
lower
Feb 13, 2020
Committee
Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 458-20) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
lower
Feb 11, 2020
Lower · Passed
The committees on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Eli, Ichiyama, Kitagawa, McKelvey, Yamashita, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Quinlan.
lower
Jan 23, 2020
Committee
Referred to LAB, FIN, referral sheet 4
lower
Jan 21, 2020
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
Jan 17, 2020
Introduced
Pending introduction.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
SK
Stacelynn K.M. Eli
DDemocratic
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