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SB 1659 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO THE LAHAINA BYPASS.

Summary
Adds a special assessment to the Rental Motor Vehicle Surcharge Tax, sunsetting in 10 years, to fund revenue bonds for the Lahaina Bypass North. Includes payment of principal and interest of revenue bonds for the construction, operation, and maintenance costs of the Lahaina Bypass North as a permissible use of the State Highway Fund. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation and revenue bonds to fund the Lahaina Bypass North. Directs transient accommodations taxes collected from West Maui transient accommodations to fund the Lahaina Bypass North. Defines "West Maui". Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
Issues: ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesAdds special assessment to Rental Motor Vehicle Surcharge Tax to fund Lahaina Bypass via revenue bonds and State Highway Fund, increasing tax revenue allocation for infrastructure spending.95% confidence ✓ TransportationSupports TransportationFunds Lahaina Bypass construction via revenue bonds and State Highway Fund, directly advancing highway infrastructure project.95% confidence
Sub-Topics: Fees & Licensing
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 23, 2025 Last action Feb 14, 2025
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SB1659 → SB1659_SD1 · 3 edits
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This bill was converted from a Senate bill (SB 1659) to a Senate Committee Draft (SD1), adding metadata and metadata fields while preserving the core legislative text. The substantive policy content remains unchanged, including the special assessment on rental vehicles, transient accommodations tax allocation for the Lahaina bypass, and bond authorization provisions.
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Added metadata headers including bill number (SB1659 SD1), sponsor information (Ainoa Naniole), timestamps, and document identifiers that were not present in the original Senate version.

Inserted a formal summary description and legislative intent statement at the end of the document explaining the bill's purpose and key provisions.

Replaced the original Senate page headers and document tracking information with new committee draft formatting and metadata.

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Total actions
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Key actions
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Committee
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Feb 14, 2025
Committee
Reported from TCA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 623) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
upper
Feb 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in TCA were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Elefante, Kanuha, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Inouye; and 0 Excused: none.
upper
Feb 7, 2025
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on TCA has scheduled a public hearing on 02-11-25 3:01PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
upper
Jan 27, 2025
Committee
Referred to TCA, WAM.
upper
Jan 23, 2025
Introduced
Introduced.
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Photo of Angus McKelvey
Angus McKelvey
DDemocratic
HI
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