HB 1172 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO DEPARTMENTAL DATA SHARING.

Summary

Adds the Department of Taxation to the list of state agencies sharing data through the statewide longitudinal data system. Allows the Department of Taxation to provide the University of Hawaii and other state agencies certain wage data. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 21, 2025 Last action Feb 13, 2025

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HB1172 → HB1172_HD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill adds the Department of Taxation to the list of state agencies that share data through Hawaii's statewide longitudinal data system. This change allows the state to gather tax information from self-employed individuals, creating a more complete picture of the workforce for research and policy evaluation. The bill also updates the effective date of the legislation to July 1, 3000, and clarifies that tax data must be aggregated or anonymized to protect privacy.

Scope change

The bill expands the scope of data sharing to include the Department of Taxation, which was not previously included in the departmental data sharing framework under HRS 27-7.

SCOPE

Added the Department of Taxation as a participating agency in the statewide longitudinal data system for workforce analysis.

REQUIREMENT

Added requirement that any tax data shared must be aggregated or anonymized to protect taxpayer privacy.

TIMELINE

Changed the effective date from 'upon approval' to a specific future date of July 1, 3000.

DEFINITION

Updated statutory language to reflect the inclusion of tax data sources in workforce analysis.

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Committee

Feb 13, 2025

Committee

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3).

lower

Feb 13, 2025

Committee

Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 543), recommending referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Sayama, Lee, M., Garrett, Kapela, Kong, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Committee

Reported from HED (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 150) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to LAB.

lower

Jan 31, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on HED recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Garrett, Amato, Evslin, Kapela, Kila, La Chica, Olds, Sayama, Woodson, Muraoka, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

lower

Jan 27, 2025

Committee

Referred to HED, LAB, FIN, referral sheet 4

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors