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SB732HIEngrossed 2026 Regular Session

Relating To The Film Industry.

Last status update Mar 4, 2025

What this measure contains

Requires counties to waive permitting fees for certain film activity. Exempts entertainment payroll companies from the GET. Repeals an income tax exemption for persons engaged in the business of motion picture and television film production for taxable years beginning after 12/31/2023. Amends the Motion Picture, Digital Media, and Film Production Income Tax Credit by providing an additional credit to qualified productions with a workforce of at least eighty percent local hires; requiring productions to contact all local labor unions servicing Hawaii's film industry to qualify for the credit; requiring qualified production costs of a taxpayer that exceed $1,000,000 to be certified by a CPA, rather than via tax opinion; increasing the aggregate cap amount on credits allowed in any given year, ramped down by one-sixth over five years beginning on 1/1/2028; and including broadcast and streaming platform productions under the credit. Applies the GET rate for manufacturers to productions. Exempts from the GET amounts received by a motion picture project employer from a client 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. Repeals certain tax exemptions and the Motion Picture, Digital Media, and Film Production Income Tax Credit on 1/1/2033. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

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How this measure moved

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.

  1. Introduced
  2. SD1by EDT
  3. SD2by WAM
  4. HD1by ECD
  5. HD2by FIN

Companion measure: SB732. A companion follows its own path; its votes are not combined with this one.

Decision stages

  1. Economic Development and Technology (EDT) on the introduced draft: Passed, with amendments, reported as SD1

    5 aye · 0 no · 0 excused · Source roll call

  2. Ways and Means (WAM) on SD1: Passed, with amendments, reported as SD2

    13 aye · 0 no · 0 excused · Source roll call

  3. Senate third reading on SD2: Passed

    25 aye · 0 no · 0 excused

  4. House ECD committee on SD2: Passed, with amendments, reported as HD1

    6 aye · 0 no · 1 excused

  5. House second reading on HD1: Passed

    47 aye · 0 no · 4 excused

  6. House FIN committee on HD1: Passed, with amendments, reported as HD2

    15 aye · 0 no · 0 excused

  7. House third reading on HD2: Passed

    47 aye · 1 aye with reservations · 0 no · 2 excused

Senate members along the path

Senate members' votes at each stage of SB732
MemberEDT
Introduced		WAM
SD1		Third reading
SD2		Change along the path
Henry AquinoSD-019AyeAye
Brenton AwaSD-023AyeAye
Lynn DecoiteSD-007AyeAyeAye
Donovan CruzSD-017AyeAye
Brandon ElefanteSD-016AyeAye
Kurt FevellaSD-020AyeAye
Carol FukunagaSD-011AyeAye
Troy HashimotoSD-005AyeAye
Lorraine InouyeSD-001AyeAye
Dru KanuhaSD-003AyeAye
Michelle KidaniSD-018AyeAye
Donna KimSD-014AyeAyeAye
Chris LeeSD-025AyeAye
Sharon MoriwakiSD-012AyeAye
Glenn WakaiSD-015AyeAyeAye
10 more Senate members only counted as floor ayes
MemberEDT
Introduced		WAM
SD1		Third reading
SD2		Change along the path
Stanley ChangSD-009Aye
Samantha DeCorteSD-022Aye
Mike GabbardSD-021Aye
Les IharaSD-010Aye
Jarrett KeohokaloleSD-024Aye
Ronald KouchiSD-008Aye
Angus McKelveySD-006Aye
Karl RhoadsSD-013Aye
Tim RichardsSD-004Aye
Joy San BuenaventuraSD-002Aye

House members along the path

House members' votes at each stage of SB732
MemberECD
SD2		Second reading
HD1		FIN
HD1		Third reading
HD2		Change along the path
David AlcosHD-041AyeAyeAye
Elle CochranHD-014ExcusedExcused
Rachele Fernandez LamosaoSD-019AyeAyeAye
Tina GrandinettiHD-020AyeAyeAye
Daniel HoltHD-028ExcusedExcusedAyeAye
Ikaika HusseyHD-029AyeAyeAyeAye
Greggor IlaganHD-004AyeAyeAye
Kim IwamotoHD-025ExcusedAye*
Sue Keohokapu-Lee LoyHD-002AyeAyeAye
Lisa KitagawaHD-048AyeAyeAye
Matthias KuschHD-001AyeAyeAye
Mike LeeHD-050AyeAyeAye
Lisa MartenHD-051AyeExcused
Lauren MatsumotoHD-038AyeAyeAye
Tyson MiyakeHD-010AyeAyeAye
Daynette MorikawaHD-017AyeAyeAye
Julie Reyes OdaHD-040AyeAyeAye
Jenna TakenouchiHD-027AyeAyeAye
Adrian TamHD-024AyeAyeAye
Shirley Ann TemploHD-030AyeAyeAyeAye
Chris ToddHD-003AyeAyeAye
Gene WardHD-018Excused
Kyle YamashitaHD-012AyeAyeAye
28 more House members only counted as floor ayes
MemberECD
SD2		Second reading
HD1		FIN
HD1		Third reading
HD2		Change along the path
Terez AmatoHD-011AyeAye
Della au BelattiHD-026AyeAye
Cory ChunHD-035AyeAye
Luke EvslinHD-016AyeAye
Diamond GarciaHD-042AyeAye
Andrew GarrettHD-022AyeAye
Mark HashemHD-019AyeAye
Linda IchiyamaHD-031AyeAye
Kirstin KahaloaHD-006AyeAye
Jeanne KapelaHD-005AyeAye
Darius KilaHD-044AyeAye
Sam KongHD-033AyeAye
Trish La ChicaHD-037AyeAye
Nicole LowenHD-007AyeAye
Scot MatayoshiHD-049AyeAye
Chris MuraokaHD-045AyeAye
Nadine NakamuraHD-015AyeAye
Ikaika OldsHD-023AyeAye
Amy PerrusoHD-046AyeAye
Elijah PierickHD-039AyeAye
Mahina PoepoeHD-013AyeAye
Sean QuinlanHD-047AyeAye
Jackson SayamaHD-021AyeAye
Garner ShimizuHD-032AyeAye
Kanani SouzaHD-043AyeAye
Gregg TakayamaHD-034AyeAye
David TarnasHD-008AyeAye
Justin WoodsonHD-009AyeAye

Aye named · Aye* with reservations · Aye floor vote, not named as an exception · No · Excused · Changed reversed from the previous vote

Names are matched to legislators only when exactly one person fits; every printed name on this measure was matched. A missing vote means no record was found for that member at that stage, not a no vote. Committee codes follow the Legislature's abbreviations.Official measure history ↗

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Legislative history

  1. Introduced.

  2. Passed First Reading.

  3. Referred to EDT, WAM.

  4. The committee(s) on EDT has scheduled a public hearing on 02-04-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  5. The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDT were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Wakai, Fukunaga, Kim, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

  6. Reported from EDT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 216) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

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

  8. The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-26-25 10:03AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  9. The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

  10. Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 922) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

  11. 48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25.

  12. Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

  13. Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 187) in amended form (SD 2).

  14. Pass First Reading

  15. Referred to ECD, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 19

  16. Bill scheduled to be heard by ECD on Wednesday, 03-12-25 10:00AM in House conference room 423 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  17. 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, Todd, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Holt.

  18. Reported from ECD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1237) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

  19. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Holt, Iwamoto, Ward excused (4).

  20. Re-referred to ECD, FIN, referral sheet 23

  21. Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 04-02-25 3:30PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  22. The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

  23. Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2015) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.

  24. Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-08-25.

  25. Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Iwamoto voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Marten excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

  26. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 654).

  27. Senate disagrees with House amendments.

  28. Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 779).

  29. Senate Conferees Appointed: DeCoite Chair; Wakai Co-Chair; Kim, DeCorte.

  30. Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 863).

  31. House Conferees Appointed: Ilagan, Yamashita Co-Chairs; Matsumoto.

  32. Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 809).

  33. Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-25-25 8:15AM; Conference Room 411.

  34. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 11:40 AM; Conference Room 411.

  35. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 2:00 PM; Conference Room 411.

  36. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 3:00 PM; Conference Room 411.

  37. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 4:40 PM; Conference Room 411.

  38. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 5:46 PM; Conference Room 225.

  39. Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

  40. Senate Conferee(s) discharged.

  41. Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 409).

  42. House Conferee(s) discharged.

  43. Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).

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