Sign Up
HB 2541 Hawaii House · 2020 Regular Session

RELATING TO HELPING WORKING FAMILIES.

Summary
Makes the state earned income tax credit refundable and permanent. Increases and amends the refundable food/excise tax credit by basing the amount of the credit on a taxpayer's Hawaii earned income and federal adjusted gross income. Increases minimum wage rate to $11.00 per hour beginning on 1/1/2021, $12.00 per hour beginning on 1/1/2022, $12.50 per hour beginning on 1/1/2023, and $13.00 per hour beginning on 1/1/2024. (HD1)
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
May 2020
House Passage
Mar 2020
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 23, 2020 Last action May 12, 2020
Floor votes · House Mar 3, 2020

How they voted

48–2
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 51
Mar 3, 2020
D Democratic45
44 Yea 1
97% Yea
R Republican5
3 Yea 2 Nay
60% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
19
Key actions
6
Committee
9
Amendments
2
May 12, 2020
Committee
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
upper
May 12, 2020
Committee
Reported from LCA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3443) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.
upper
Mar 12, 2020
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on LCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in LCA were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Taniguchi; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Ihara, S. Chang, Gabbard ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.
upper
Mar 9, 2020
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on LCA has scheduled a public hearing on 03-12-20 3:15PM in conference room 224.
upper
Mar 5, 2020
Committee
Referred to LCA, WAM.
upper
Mar 5, 2020
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 338).
upper
Mar 3, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Cabanilla Arakawa, DeCoite, Har, Kong, Matsumoto, Perruso, Say, Tokioka voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Okimoto, Ward voting no (2) and Representative(s) Creagan excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.
lower
Mar 3, 2020
Amended
Floor amendment failed with Noes, 5 (Representative(s) Johanson, Luke, McKelvey, Perruso, Todd). Excused, 1 (Representative(s) Creagan).
lower
Mar 3, 2020
Introduced
Floor Amendment No. 3 offered by Rep. Okimoto.
lower
Feb 21, 2020
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, Hashimoto, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Todd, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Gates.
lower
Feb 21, 2020
Lower · Passed
The committees on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Eli, Kitagawa, Yamashita; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Matsumoto; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama, McKelvey, Quinlan.
lower
Jan 30, 2020
Lower · Passed
The committee(s) on LAB/FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.
lower
Jan 27, 2020
Committee
Referred to LAB/FIN, referral sheet 5
lower
Jan 23, 2020
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.