HB 2195 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Summary

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. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Issues: ✓ Budget & Taxes

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Mar 2026

House Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 26, 2026 Last action Mar 12, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB2195 → HB2195_HD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to rename the 'passenger head fee' to a 'passenger head infrastructure fee' and clarify that the fee is assessed at each port entry in addition to existing fees. The purpose of the collected funds was broadened from solely capital improvements to include general support for cruise ship operations. A significant technical error was corrected in the effective date section, changing the year from 3000 back to 2026 for the repeal of the Transient Accommodations Tax.

Scope change

The scope of fund usage was expanded to include general operational support for cruise ships, not just capital projects.

REQUIREMENT

The fee amount line was altered to include a blank space for a specific dollar value, indicating the fee amount needs to be finalized or was removed in this version.

FISCAL

The designated use of the Cruise Ship Special Fund was changed from strictly 'capital improvement projects' to also include 'support cruise ship operations'.

TIMELINE

The effective date for repealing the Transient Accommodations Tax was corrected from the erroneous year 3000 to 2026.

DEFINITION

The title and description of the bill were updated to reflect the new 'infrastructure fee' terminology.

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

Mar 12, 2026

Committee

Referred to TRS/EDT, WAM/JDC.

upper

Mar 12, 2026

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 375).

upper

Mar 10, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed 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.

lower

Mar 5, 2026

Lower · Passed

The 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.

lower

Feb 20, 2026

Lower · Passed

Report 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).

lower

Feb 20, 2026

Committee

Reported from TOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 728-26), recommending referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 19, 2026

Lower · Passed

The 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.

lower

Feb 12, 2026

Committee

Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 209-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to TOU.

lower

Feb 10, 2026

Lower · Passed

The 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.

lower

Jan 30, 2026

Committee

Referred to TRN, TOU, FIN, referral sheet 5

lower

Jan 28, 2026

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 26, 2026

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

3 primary · 0 co-sponsors