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Hawaii · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 938: RELATING TO TAXATION.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 938 is a bill introduced in the Hawaii Senate on January 17, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: RELATING TO TAXATION. Primary sponsor: Dru Kanuha (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (March 4, 2025): Pass First Reading.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Requires the Department of Taxation to submit an annual report to the Legislature detailing an organizational chart and staffing plan and requirements for the Information Technology Services Office. (SD1)

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Dru KanuhaPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate3

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Pass First Reading
  2. Referred to LAB, FIN, referral sheet 18
  3. Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 2 (Senator(s) Fukunaga, Kidani). Transmitted to House.
  4. Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 48) in amended form (SD 1).
  5. Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 718) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
  6. Report adopted; Passed Second Reading.
  7. One Day Notice 02-28-25.
  8. The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 12 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) DeCoite.
  9. Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 549) as amended (SD 1), with recommendation of recommittal to WAM.
  10. Report adopted, as amended (SD 1) and recommitted to WAM.
  11. The committee(s) on WAM has scheduled a public hearing on 02-18-25 10:00AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
  12. The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS and be recommitted. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

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Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source