Issue · Budget & Taxes

Budget & Taxes (Sales Tax)

Every budget & taxes bill, vote, and legislator stance in Hawaii, automatically classified by Maddy, our AI policy reader.

Total bills
13
2026 Regular Session
Top supporter
Tyson Miyake
100% support rate
Top opponent
Elijah Pierick
0% support rate
Ranked legislators
10
5 support · 5 oppose
Key legislators

Who's moving sales tax in Hawaii

Legislators moving sales tax in Hawaii
Legislator Party Stance Support rate Decisive votes
Tyson Miyake
Tyson Miyake House · District 10
D
Strong +
100% 19
Lisa Kitagawa
Lisa Kitagawa House · District 48
D
Strong +
100% 18
Luke Evslin
Luke Evslin House · District 16
D
Strong +
100% 18
Trish La Chica
Trish La Chica House · District 37
D
Strong +
100% 17
Chris Todd
Chris Todd House · District 3
D
Strong +
100% 16
Elijah Pierick
Elijah Pierick House · District 39
R
Strong −
0% 16
David Alcos
David Alcos House · District 41
R
Strong −
7% 15
Diamond Garcia
Diamond Garcia House · District 42
R
Strong −
7% 15
Chris Muraoka
Chris Muraoka House · District 45
R
Strong −
12% 17
Garner Shimizu
Garner Shimizu House · District 32
R
Strong −
19% 16
Showing 11–13 of 13 bills

All budget & taxes bills

passed · Hawaii · House Dec 8, 2025

HB 1149: RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX EXEMPTIONS.

Repeals the general excise tax exemption for amounts received by independent sugar cane farmers. Repeals the general excise tax exemption for amounts received by contractors of the Patient-Centered Community Care program that is established by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs pursuant to title 38 United States Code section 8153. Effective 1/1/3000. (HD1)
in committee · Hawaii · Senate Jan 21, 2026

SB 1077: RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX.

Provides a general excise tax exemption on gross proceeds received from the construction, sale, or installation of electrical vehicle charging infrastructure in certain circumstances. Repeals on 1/1/2031.
passed · Hawaii · Senate Feb 12, 2026

SB 2796: RELATING TO TAXATION.

Imposes the manufacturing general excise tax rate on motion picture, digital media, and film productions and repeals the provision in the definition of "qualified production costs" that applied the term to mean costs incurred that are subject to the highest general excise tax rate. Exempts from the general excise tax amounts received by a motion picture project employer from a client company equal to amounts that are disbursed by the motion picture project employer for employee wages, salaries, payroll taxes, insurance premiums, and employment benefits and payments to loan-out companies. Effective 1/1/2050. (SD1)
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