SB 138 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Summary

Establishes a nonrefundable income tax credit for taxpayers that incur costs related to the design, materials, installation, and construction of hurricane-resistant safe rooms. Effective 7/1/2077. (SD1)

Issues: ✓ Budget & Taxes

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 10, 2025 Last action Feb 5, 2025

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SB138 → SB138_SD1 · 1 edit

MINOR

The bill text was reformatted and cleaned up during its processing through the legislative system. The substantive policy content regarding the safe room tax credit, including eligibility criteria, credit amounts, and definitions, remained unchanged. The only substantive change is the effective date, which was set to July 1, 2077, a placeholder date likely intended to be updated later.

TIMELINE

The effective date was changed from unspecified to July 1, 2077, which appears to be a placeholder date that will likely be corrected before the bill is enacted.

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Committee

Feb 5, 2025

Committee

Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 34) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Jan 24, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in PSM were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Elefante, Wakai, Fukunaga, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) DeCorte; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Jan 21, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 01-24-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 17, 2025

Committee

Referred to PSM, WAM.

upper

Jan 15, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and passed First Reading.

upper

Jan 10, 2025

Introduced

Pending Introduction.

upper

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors