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SB893HIIntroduced 2026 Regular Session

Relating To The Economy.

Last status update Jan 17, 2025

What this measure contains

Grants twenty-year licenses for casinos in the New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District and Hawaii Convention Center. Establishes the Hawaii Gaming Control Commission. Imposes fifteen per cent wagering tax on gross receipts. Establishes the State Gaming Fund and Compulsive Gambler Program. Appropriates funds. (SD1)

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How this measure moved

Legislative path

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  1. Introduced
  2. SD1by EDT

Companion measure: SB893. 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 and be recommitted, reported as SD1

    3 aye · 2 no · 0 excused · Source roll call

Senate members along the path

Senate members' votes at each stage of SB893
MemberEDT
Introduced		Change along the path
Brenton AwaSD-023No
Lynn DecoiteSD-007Aye
Carol FukunagaSD-011Aye
Donna KimSD-014No
Glenn WakaiSD-015Aye

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

  1. Introduced.

  2. Passed First Reading.

  3. Referred to EDT.

  4. The committee(s) on EDT will hold a public decision making on 02-06-25 1:20PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  5. The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS and be recommitted. The votes in EDT were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Wakai, Fukunaga; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 2 No(es): Senator(s) Kim, Awa; and 0 Excused: none.

  6. Reported from EDT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 116) as amended (SD 1), with recommendation of recommittal to EDT.

  7. Report adopted, as amended (SD 1) and recommitted to EDT.

  8. Re-Referred to EDT/CPN, WAM.

  9. The committee(s) on EDT/CPN has scheduled a public hearing on 02-13-25 1:03PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  10. Re-Referred to EDT/CPN, JDC/WAM.

  11. The committee on EDT deferred the measure.

  12. The committee on CPN deferred the measure.

  13. Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

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