HB 1077 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

Summary

Increases the transient accommodations tax and allocates a portion of the tax to the general fund for projects that address climate change impacts and advance economic development and revitalization. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

House Passage

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 21, 2025 Last action Dec 8, 2025

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MODERATE

The bill was fundamentally rewritten to remove the Department of Defense as the lead agency for climate resiliency and replace it with the Department of Administration. The legislation now directs transient accommodations tax revenue directly to the General Fund instead of creating two new special funds, shifting the focus from a defense-led mitigation strategy to a general fund-supported approach for economic development and climate projects.

Scope change

The bill's scope shifted from establishing new special funds administered by the Department of Defense to utilizing the existing General Fund for climate and economic development projects.

FISCAL

Eliminated the creation of the 'climate mitigation and resiliency special fund' and the 'economic development and revitalization special fund'.

Changed the allocation of transient accommodations tax revenue from specific special funds to the General Fund for broader use.

ELIGIBILITY

Removed the Department of Defense as the primary agency responsible for funding and managing climate resiliency projects.

REQUIREMENT

Deleted the requirement for the Department of Defense to convene a specific selection committee for reviewing and recommending climate projects.

DEFINITION

Removed the statutory definitions and administrative rules previously established for the new special funds.

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 14, 2025

Lower · Passed

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Matsumoto, Reyes Oda voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka, Pierick, Shimizu voting no (4) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4).

lower

Feb 14, 2025

Committee

Reported from ECD/TOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 655) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on TOU recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Tam, Templo, Hussey, Ilagan; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Holt, Todd, Matsumoto.

lower

Feb 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Ilagan, Hussey, Tam, Templo; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Holt, Todd, Matsumoto.

lower

Feb 6, 2025

Committee

Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 226) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to ECD/TOU.

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Perruso, Kahaloa, Kusch, Quinlan; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Committee

Referred to EEP, ECD/TOU, FIN, referral sheet 3

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors