HB 657 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO DISABLED VETERANS.

Summary

Exempts disabled veterans from the State's vehicle weight tax and repeals the exemption for disabled veterans from the State's annual vehicle registration fee. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Last action Dec 8, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB657 → HB657_HD1 · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill was updated from its original introduction to a House Committee version (HD1), which includes a critical change to the effective date. While the original text set the law to take effect on July 1, 2025, the new version sets the effective date to July 1, 3000, effectively delaying the implementation of the tax and fee changes indefinitely. The substantive policy goals regarding disabled veteran exemptions remain the same, but the timeline for their enforcement has been altered.

Scope change

The scope of the bill's immediate impact has been reduced to zero due to the delayed effective date, though the underlying policy intent to modify tax exemptions for disabled veterans remains unchanged.

TIMELINE

The effective date for the Act was changed from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 3000, meaning the new tax rules and fee exemptions will not take effect for many decades.

TECHNICAL

The document structure was updated to reflect House Committee markup, including the addition of administrative metadata and the reorganization of section headers.

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Committee

Feb 12, 2025

Committee

Reported from PBS/TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 459) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Grandinetti, Evslin, Kitagawa, La Chica, Miyake, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.

lower

Feb 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Hashem, Ichiyama, Lamosao, Morikawa, Poepoe, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Iwamoto; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Woodson.

lower

Jan 27, 2025

Committee

Re-referred to PBS/TRN, FIN, referral sheet 4

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to PBS, TRN, FIN, referral sheet 2

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

10 primary · 0 co-sponsors