HawaiiRELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.
What it does
Requires the Department of Transportation to assess a per passenger head infrastructure fee against cruise ships docking in the State's commercial harbors. Establishes the Cruise Ship Special Fund. Repeals existing law imposing the Transient Accommodations Tax on cruise ships, effective retroactive to 1/1/2026.
More detail
Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Mar 12Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 375).Latest
- Mar 12Passed First Reading.Minor
- Mar 12Referred to TRS/EDT, WAM/JDC.Minor
- Mar 10Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Gedeon, Kong, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Pierick, Reyes Oda, Shimizu voting no (9) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.Passed House
- Vote recorded Passed Third Reading. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 6Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1167-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- Mar 5The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Yamashita, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Gedeon; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Alcos; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Perruso.Minor
- Vote recorded The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 3Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 03-05-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- Feb 20Reported from TOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 728-26), recommending referral to FIN.
- Vote recorded Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 20Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Cochran, Gedeon, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Reyes Oda, Souza voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Pierick, Shimizu voting no (4) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1).Minor
- Feb 19The committee on TOU recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Tam, Templo, Ilagan, Yamashita, Gedeon; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Hussey.Minor
- Vote recorded The committee on TOU recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 13Bill scheduled to be heard by TOU on Thursday, 02-19-26 9:30AM in House conference room 423 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- Feb 12Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 209-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to TOU.
- Vote recorded Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on TOU. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 12Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on TOU with Representative(s) Reyes Oda, Souza voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Gedeon, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (5) and none excused (0).Minor
- Feb 10The 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; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Pierick; and 0 Excused: none.Minor
- Vote recorded The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 6Bill scheduled to be heard by TRN on Tuesday, 02-10-26 9:30AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- Jan 30Referred to TRN, TOU, FIN, referral sheet 5Minor
- Jan 28Introduced and Pass First Reading.Minor
- Jan 26Pending introduction.Introduced