HB 1694 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL TAX CREDIT.

Summary

Establishes a tax credit for sustainable aviation fuel distribution in Hawaii to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Provides $1 per gallon, increasing by 2 cents per additional 1 per cent emissions reduction, up to $2 per gallon. Caps total credits at $20,000,000 annually, with carryover provisions. Requires reporting to ensure transparency and compliance. Applies to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2026, and sunsets on December 31, 2035. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Feb 2026

House Passage

Feb 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 20, 2026 Last action Feb 20, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB1694_HD1 → HB1694_HD2 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was revised from House Draft 1 to House Draft 2, primarily updating administrative metadata such as the author's name, page numbers, and internal tracking codes. The core policy text regarding the sustainable aviation fuel tax credit remained substantively unchanged, though minor formatting adjustments were made to spacing and punctuation within the existing clauses.

Scope change

The bill's scope, applicability, funding amounts, and eligibility criteria remain unchanged; the revision is administrative in nature.

TECHNICAL

Updated the bill author name from Chris Kobayashi to Aaron Supple.

Adjusted internal page numbers and tracking identifiers associated with the document revision.

Corrected formatting inconsistencies in spacing and punctuation within the legislative text.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Feb 20, 2026

Lower · Passed

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Gedeon, Muraoka voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Pierick voting no (3) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1).

lower

Feb 20, 2026

Committee

Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 721-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 19, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Perruso, Chun, Kahaloa, Kusch, Quinlan, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Feb 9, 2026

Committee

Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 93-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to EEP.

lower

Feb 5, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Miyake, Cochran, Evslin, Grandinetti, Kitagawa, La Chica; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Muraoka; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Pierick.

lower

Jan 26, 2026

Committee

Referred to TRN, EEP, FIN, referral sheet 1

lower

Jan 21, 2026

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 20, 2026

Introduced

Prefiled.

lower

14 primary · 0 co-sponsors