SB 3313 Hawaii Senate · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO INTERISLAND AIR SERVICE.

Summary

Establishes a Hawaii Interisland Air Service Stability and Transformation Program to be administered by the Department of Taxation. Requires a covered interisland air service operator to issue an equity interest to the State as a condition of participation in the Hawaii Interisland Air Service Stability and Transformation Program. Establishes the Interisland Air Service Stability and Transformation Tax Credit. Sunsets 6/30/2036. (SD1)

Issues: ✓ Transportation

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Feb 2026

Senate Passage

Feb 2026

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 30, 2026 Last action Feb 18, 2026

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What changed between versions

SB3313 → SB3313_SD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill was updated from a Senate introduction to a Senate Draft 1 version, incorporating technical formatting corrections and a critical timeline adjustment. The most significant policy change extends the tax credit's application period by one year, shifting the effective date for taxable years from beginning after December 31, 2026, to beginning after December 31, 2027. Additionally, the bill was rebranded from 'SB' to 'Bill SD' to reflect its status in the Senate committee process.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on interisland air service stability, but the applicability of the tax credit has been delayed by one year.

TIMELINE

The tax credit now applies to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2027, instead of 2026, delaying the start of the program by one year.

TECHNICAL

The bill title was changed from 'SB3313' to 'SB3313 SD1' and the document type was updated from 'SB' to 'Bill SD' to indicate the legislative stage.

Minor formatting adjustments were made throughout the text, including standardizing the capitalization of the purpose statement and correcting hyphenation in phrases like 'high-wage' and 'aviation-industry'.

The bill number in the header was updated from '151' to '23', likely reflecting a new tracking number for the draft version.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Feb 18, 2026

Upper · Passed

Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM/JDC.

upper

Feb 18, 2026

Committee

Reported from TRS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2325) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM/JDC.

upper

Feb 12, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on TRS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in TRS were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Elefante, Kanuha, Lee, C.; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) DeCorte; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Feb 6, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on TRS has scheduled a public hearing on 02-12-26 3:01PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

upper

Feb 2, 2026

Committee

Referred to TRS, WAM/JDC.

upper

Jan 30, 2026

Introduced

Introduced.

upper

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor