RELATING TO TAXATION.
Summary
Establishes a $10,000 income tax credit for physicians, osteopathic physicians, and nurses who are licensed and actively practicing in the State. Requires the Hawaii state center for nursing to report to the legislature on impact and effect of the tax credit by December 31, 2024. Sunsets December 31, 2025. Effective 7/1/2060. (HD1)
Bill status
in committee
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Feb 2022
House Passage
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 26, 2022
Last action Feb 17, 2022
Floor votes · House Feb 9, 2022
How they voted
48–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 50
Feb 9, 2022
D
Democratic45
97% Yea
R
Republican4
75% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
11
Key actions
3
Committee
6
Feb 17, 2022
Committee
Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
lower
Feb 17, 2022
Committee
Reported from HHH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 516-22) as amended in HD 1, recommending referral to FIN.
lower
Feb 15, 2022
Lower · Passed
The committees on HHH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamane, Tam, Gates, Har, Kapela, Nishimoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.
lower
Feb 9, 2022
Committee
Reported from ECD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 115-22), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to HHH.
lower
Feb 9, 2022
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (48-0-2)
house
Feb 4, 2022
Lower · Passed
The committees on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Quinlan, Holt, Belatti, Onishi, Sayama, Takayama, Okimoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) D. Kobayashi; and Excused: none.
lower
Jan 28, 2022
Committee
Referred to ECD, HHH, FIN, referral sheet 3
lower
Jan 26, 2022
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Chris Todd
DDemocratic
P
Greggor Ilagan
DDemocratic
P
Sean Quinlan
DDemocratic
P
Troy Hashimoto
DDemocratic
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