RELATING TO HOUSING.
Summary
Expands the types of rental housing projects that can be exempt from general excise taxes. Allows the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to exempt certain affordable rental housing projects from general excise tax and use tax costs. Allows the terms of the section 201H-36(a)(5) prevailing wages to be deemed the prevailing wages serving as the basis of compliance with chapter 104, Hawaii Revised Statutes, for the construction of certain rental housing projects. (HB1179 CD1)
Bill status
signed
all 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Apr 2017
Senate Passage
Mar 2017
Signed into Law
Jun 2017
Introduced Jan 24, 2017
Signed Jun 23, 2017
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
57
Key actions
23
Committee
27
Amendments
3
Jun 23, 2017
Signed into law
Act 054, on 06/22/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1154).
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Jun 23, 2017
Signed into law
Act 054, 06/22/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1154).
legislature
Apr 28, 2017
Introduced
48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-02-17.
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Apr 28, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 174).
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Apr 28, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 174) as amended in (CD 1).
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Apr 28, 2017
Legislature · Passed
The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Espero, Shimabukuro; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Keith-Agaran.
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Apr 28, 2017
Legislature · Passed
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Brower, Johanson, Nakamura; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) McDermott.
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Apr 28, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-17 5:10PM in conference room 309.
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Apr 28, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-17 4:00PM in conference room 309.
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Apr 27, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-17 1:35PM in conference room 229.
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Apr 26, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-27-17 1:35PM in conference room 229.
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Apr 25, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-26-17 1:40PM in conference room 229.
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Apr 21, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Tuesday 04-25-17 1:40PM in conference room 229.
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Apr 20, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Friday, 04-21-17 1:45PM in conference room 229.
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Apr 13, 2017
Introduced
House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
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Apr 11, 2017
Introduced
Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 637) in amended form (SD 2).
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Apr 11, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) L. Thielen . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
legislature
Mar 30, 2017
Legislature · Passed
The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 8 Aye(s): Senator(s) Tokuda, Dela Cruz, Galuteria, Harimoto, Inouye, Riviere, Taniguchi, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) English, K. Kahele, Shimabukuro.
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Mar 30, 2017
Legislature · Passed
The committee(s) on JDL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDL were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keith-Agaran, K. Rhoads, Gabbard, Kim; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) L. Thielen ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
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Mar 24, 2017
Legislature · Passed
The committee(s) on JDL/WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-30-17 9:50AM in conference room 211.
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Mar 23, 2017
Committee
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL/WAM.
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Mar 23, 2017
Committee
Reported from HOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1029) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDL/WAM.
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Mar 21, 2017
Legislature · Passed
The committee(s) on HOU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HOU were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Espero, Harimoto, Nishihara; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) K. Kahele, Keith-Agaran.
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Mar 16, 2017
Legislature · Passed
The committee(s) on HOU has scheduled a public hearing on 03-21-17 2:45PM in conference room 225.
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Mar 15, 2017
Committee
Re-Referred to HOU, JDL/WAM.
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Mar 9, 2017
Committee
Referred to HOU/JDL, WAM.
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Mar 9, 2017
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 325).
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Mar 7, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ichiyama excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.
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Feb 28, 2017
Legislature · Passed
The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Cachola, Choy, Holt, Keohokalole, Kobayashi, LoPresti, Lowen, Nakamura, Tokioka, Quinlan, Yamashita, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) DeCoite, Gates, Tupola.
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Feb 17, 2017
Committee
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite, Tokioka excused (2).
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Feb 17, 2017
Committee
Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 700), recommending referral to FIN.
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Feb 16, 2017
Legislature · Passed
The committees on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Keohokalole, Nakashima, Takumi, Yamashita, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Holt.
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Feb 10, 2017
Committee
Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 173) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to LAB.
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Feb 7, 2017
Legislature · Passed
The committees on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Brower, Nakamura, Aquino, Hashem, San Buenaventura, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Quinlan; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
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Jan 30, 2017
Committee
Referred to HSG, LAB, FIN, referral sheet 6
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Jan 24, 2017
Introduced
Pending introduction.
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Sponsors
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