HB 1176 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO THE HAWAII TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

Summary

Establishes the Hawaii Economic Diversification Grant Program under the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation to provide grants to qualified high technology businesses engaging in qualified research activities. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Issues: ✓ Technology

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 22, 2025 Last action Dec 8, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB1176 → HB1176_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to include House of Delegates version 1 (HD1), updating metadata such as the effective date to July 1, 3000, and adding a specific note about the effective date in the summary. The substantive policy text regarding the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation grant program remains largely unchanged, with only minor formatting adjustments to punctuation and spacing.

Scope change

No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; the core legislation regarding grants for qualified high technology businesses remains the same.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the Act was changed from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 3000, in Section 4.

TECHNICAL

Minor formatting and punctuation adjustments were made throughout the text, including adding 'the' after 'section 41 and 280C(c)' and adjusting spacing around semicolons.

The definition of 'Qualified research expenses' was slightly modified to explicitly state 'Code of 1986, as amended' instead of just 'Code'.

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Committee

Feb 12, 2025

Committee

Reported from ECD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 441) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Ilagan, Hussey, Holt, Tam, Templo, Todd, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

lower

Jan 27, 2025

Committee

Referred to ECD, FIN, referral sheet 4

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 22, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors