HB 933 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX REDUCTIONS.

Summary

Reduces the general excise tax rate on the gross proceeds or gross income from the sale of groceries that are eligible under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), regardless of the means of purchase and the program eligibility of the purchaser. Reduces the general excise tax rate on the gross proceeds or income from the sale of nonprescription drugs. Requires DBEDT to conduct an economic cost-benefit analysis on the general excise tax reductions. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Issues: ✓ Budget & Taxes

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 21, 2025 Last action Dec 8, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB933 → HB933_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to correct formatting errors, update internal tracking numbers, and fix a critical clerical error in the effective date. The most significant substantive change is the correction of the bill's effective date from July 1, 3000, to July 1, 2025, ensuring the tax reductions for groceries and nonprescription drugs will actually take effect soon. Minor technical adjustments were made to capitalize 'University' and 'Cornell' in the findings section and to add 'gross' before 'income' for consistency.

Scope change

The scope of the bill's impact remains the same (tax reductions for SNAP/WIC groceries and nonprescription drugs), but the timeline for implementation was corrected from the year 3000 to 2025.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the tax reductions was changed from July 1, 3000, to July 1, 2025, fixing a major clerical error that would have delayed the law indefinitely.

TECHNICAL

Minor text corrections were made to capitalize 'University' and 'Cornell' in the legislative findings and to add the word 'gross' before 'income' for consistency.

Internal document metadata, including file names, revision numbers, and timestamps, were updated to reflect the new version of the bill.

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Committee

Feb 4, 2025

Committee

Reported from HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 59) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to ECD.

lower

Jan 30, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Marten, Olds, Amato, Chun, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Takayama, Takenouchi, Alcos, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Committee

Referred to HSH, ECD, FIN, referral sheet 3

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors