Relating To State Enterprise Zones.
Last status update Jul 7, 2026
What this measure contains
Amends the definition of "eligible business activity" for the purposes of the Enterprise Zone Program to include certain retail sales of tangible personal property; processing of certain value-added agricultural products; research development, sale, or production of all types of medical products and medical and health care services; activities of the Hawaii Food and Product Innovation Network; the provision of certain professional services by health care professionals; aerospace research and development activities; and information technology design and production services. Authorizes the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to declare up to two census tracts on state land that contain an innovation enterprise to be designated as an enterprise zone, subject to the Governor's approval and notwithstanding certain conditions. Requires DBEDT to conduct a comprehensive review, in consultation with the Department of Taxation, of the State Enterprise Zones Program and to submit a report to the Legislature. For taxable years beginning after 12/31/2026, extends the eligibility period of the state business tax credit for qualified businesses within state enterprise zones. Beginning 1/1/2028, extends the eligibility period of the general excise tax exemption for qualified businesses within state enterprise zones. Applies to qualified businesses who join the Enterprise Zone Program on or after 7/1/2026. (CD1)
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- Introduced · Official document ↗· Jan 16, 2026
- Amended · Official document ↗· Feb 11, 2026
- Amended · Official document ↗· Mar 19, 2026
- Amended · Official document ↗· Mar 27, 2026
- Amended · Official document ↗· May 2, 2026
Legislative path
Each stage below is a recorded decision from the official measure history, attached to the draft it considered. A member's row follows their votes from the first draft to the latest, and a highlighted vote marks where it changed. Committee and conference votes list every member by name. Floor votes list only exceptions; members serving that day who aren't named are shown as ayes in a dashed outline.
- Introduced
- SD1by EDT
- HD1by ECD
- HD2by AGR
- CD1by Conference
Decision stages
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Economic Development and Technology (EDT) on the introduced draft: Passed, with amendments, reported as SD1
3 aye · 0 no · 2 excused · Source roll call
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Ways and Means (WAM) on SD1: Passed, unamended
13 aye · 0 no · 0 excused · Source roll call
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Senate third reading on SD1: Passed
24 aye · 0 no · 1 excused
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House ECD committee on SD1: Passed, with amendments, reported as HD1
6 aye · 0 no · 0 excused
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House second reading on HD1: Passed
49 aye · 0 no · 1 excused
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House AGR committee on HD1: Passed, with amendments, reported as HD2
4 aye · 0 no · 3 excused
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House report adoption on HD2: Report adopted
46 aye · 0 no · 4 excused
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House FIN committee on HD2: Passed, unamended
15 aye · 0 no · 1 excused
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House third reading on HD2: Passed
49 aye · 0 no · 1 excused
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Senate conference managers on HD2: Passed, with amendments, reported as CD1
2 aye · 0 no · 1 excused · Source roll call
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House conference managers on HD2: Passed, with amendments, reported as CD1
5 aye · 0 no · 0 excused · Source roll call
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Senate final reading on CD1: Passed
25 aye · 0 no · 0 excused
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House final reading on CD1: Passed
50 aye · 1 no · 0 excused
Senate members along the path
| Member | EDT Introduced | WAM SD1 | Third reading SD1 | Conference HD2 | Final reading CD1 | Change along the path |
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| Lynn DecoiteSD-007 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |
| Donovan CruzSD-017 | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Brandon ElefanteSD-016 | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Kurt FevellaSD-020 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Excused | Aye | |
| Carol FukunagaSD-011 | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Troy HashimotoSD-005 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||
| Les IharaSD-010 | Excused | Aye | ||||
| Lorraine InouyeSD-001 | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Dru KanuhaSD-003 | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Michelle KidaniSD-018 | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Donna KimSD-014 | Excused | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||
| Chris LeeSD-025 | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Sharon MoriwakiSD-012 | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Tim RichardsSD-004 | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Glenn WakaiSD-015 | Excused | Aye | Aye | Aye |
10 more Senate members only counted as floor ayes
| Member | EDT Introduced | WAM SD1 | Third reading SD1 | Conference HD2 | Final reading CD1 | Change along the path |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brenton AwaSD-023 | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Stanley ChangSD-009 | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Samantha DeCorteSD-022 | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Rachele Fernandez LamosaoSD-019 | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Mike GabbardSD-021 | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Jarrett KeohokaloleSD-024 | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Ronald KouchiSD-008 | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Angus McKelveySD-006 | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Karl RhoadsSD-013 | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Joy San BuenaventuraSD-002 | Aye | Aye |
House members along the path
| Member | ECD SD1 | Second reading HD1 | AGR HD1 | Report adoption HD2 | FIN HD2 | Third reading HD2 | Conference HD2 | Final reading CD1 | Change along the path |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kim IwamotoHD-025 | Aye | Aye | Aye | No | Aye → No at House final reading (CD1) | ||||
| David AlcosHD-041 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Cory ChunHD-035 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Elle CochranHD-014 | Aye | Excused | Excused | Aye | |||||
| Joe GedeonHD-018 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||
| Daisy HartsfieldHD-036 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Ikaika HusseyHD-029 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||
| Greggor IlaganHD-004 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Kirstin KahaloaHD-006 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Sue Keohokapu-Lee LoyHD-002 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Lisa KitagawaHD-048 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Matthias KuschHD-001 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||
| Mike LeeHD-050 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Nicole LowenHD-007 | Aye | Aye | Excused | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Lauren MatsumotoHD-038 | Aye | Excused | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Tyson MiyakeHD-010 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Daynette MorikawaHD-017 | Aye | Aye | Excused | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Amy PerrusoHD-046 | Aye | Excused | Excused | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Sean QuinlanHD-047 | Excused | Excused | Excused | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Julie Reyes OdaHD-040 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Jenna TakenouchiHD-027 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Adrian TamHD-024 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Shirley Ann TemploHD-030 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Chris ToddHD-003 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Kyle YamashitaHD-012 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye |
26 more House members only counted as floor ayes
| Member | ECD SD1 | Second reading HD1 | AGR HD1 | Report adoption HD2 | FIN HD2 | Third reading HD2 | Conference HD2 | Final reading CD1 | Change along the path |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terez AmatoHD-011 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||||
| Della au BelattiHD-026 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||||
| Luke EvslinHD-016 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||||
| Diamond GarciaHD-042 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||||
| Andrew GarrettHD-022 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||||
| Tina GrandinettiHD-020 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||||
| Mark HashemHD-019 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||||
| Linda IchiyamaHD-031 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||||
| Jeanne KapelaHD-005 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||||
| Darius KilaHD-044 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||||
| Sam KongHD-033 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||||
| Trish La ChicaHD-037 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||||
| Lisa MartenHD-051 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||||
| Scot MatayoshiHD-049 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||||
| Chris MuraokaHD-045 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||||
| Nadine NakamuraHD-015 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||||
| Ikaika OldsHD-023 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||||
| Elijah PierickHD-039 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||||
| Mahina PoepoeHD-013 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||||
| Michael RatcliffeHD-028 | Aye | ||||||||
| Jackson SayamaHD-021 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||||
| Garner ShimizuHD-032 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||||
| Kanani SouzaHD-043 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||||
| Gregg TakayamaHD-034 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||||
| David TarnasHD-008 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||||
| Justin WoodsonHD-009 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye |
Aye named · Aye* with reservations · Aye floor vote, not named as an exception · No · Excused · Changed reversed from the previous vote
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Legislative history
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Pending Introduction.
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Introduced and passed First Reading.
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Referred to EDT, WAM.
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The committee(s) on EDT has scheduled a public hearing on 02-05-26 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
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The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDT were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Fukunaga, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Wakai, Kim.
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Reported from EDT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2208) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
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Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
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The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-02-26 10:31AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
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The committee on WAM has rescheduled its decision making to 03-02-26 10:02AM; CR 211 & Videoconference.
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The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Richards, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
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Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2724) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
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One Day Notice 03-06-26.
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Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Ihara). Transmitted to House.
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Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 52) in amended form (SD 1).
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Pass First Reading
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Referred to ECD, AGR, FIN, referral sheet 16
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Bill scheduled to be heard by ECD on Friday, 03-13-26 10:00AM in House conference room 423 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
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This measure has been deleted from the meeting scheduled on Friday 03-13-26 10:00AM in conference room 423 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
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Bill scheduled to be heard by ECD on Wednesday, 03-18-26 8:30AM in House conference room 423 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
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The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Ilagan, Hussey, Tam, Templo, Yamashita, Gedeon; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
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Reported from ECD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1273-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to AGR.
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Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on AGR with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1).
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Bill scheduled to be heard by AGR on Wednesday, 03-25-26 9:15AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
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The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Chun, Kusch, Kahaloa, Lowen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Perruso, Quinlan, Matsumoto.
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Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1492-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
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Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Lowen, Perruso, Quinlan excused (4).
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Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 04-02-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
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The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 04-07-26.
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Bill scheduled for decision making on Tuesday, 04-07-26 10:10AM in conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
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The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Morikawa.
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Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2002-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.
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Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.
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Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 507).
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Senate disagrees with House amendments.
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Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 564).
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House Conferees Appointed: Ilagan, Kusch, Hussey Co-Chairs; Tam, Gedeon.
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Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 811).
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Senate Conferees Appointed: DeCoite Chair; Hashimoto Co-Chair; Fevella.
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Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 723).
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Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-30-26 8:30AM in conference room 411.
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Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 05-01-26 8:01AM in conference room 411.
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Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 05-01-26 at 11:30AM in Conference Room 411.
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Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 05-01-26 at 4:31PM in Conference Room 411.
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The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Hashimoto; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.
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The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Ilagan, Kusch, Hussey, Tam, Gedeon; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
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Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 227-26).
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48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-06-26.
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Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 227-26) as amended in (CD 1).
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Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-06-26.
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Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
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Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Iwamoto voting no (1) and none excused (0).
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Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 816).
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Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888).
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Enrolled to Governor.
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Act 182, 07/06/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1284).
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Act 182, on 07/06/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1284).