Hawaii State Legislature
2002 Legislative Session

HB1794 HD1

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Measure Title: RELATING TO A GENERAL EXCISE TAX HOLIDAY.
Report Title: General Excise Tax; Holiday
Description: Establishes an annual general excise tax holiday for consumers and businesses that sell clothing under $100; provided that businesses pass the savings on to consumers; provided further that federal legislation is enacted that fully reimburses the State for taxes not collected under this Act. (HB1794 HD1)
Package: None
Companion:
Introducer(s): AHU ISA, CHANG
Current Referral:EDB, FIN

Date Status Text
1/17/2002HIntroduced
1/18/2002HPass First Reading
1/22/2002HReferred to EDB, FIN, referral sheet 1.
1/29/2002HBill scheduled to be heard by EDB on Monday, 02-04-02 at 8:30 am in House conference room 325.
2/4/2002HThe committees on EDB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Ahu Isa, Magaoay, Chang, Suzuki, Davis, Leong, Marumoto, Ontai; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Case; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Abinsay, Cabreros, Takumi.
2/7/2002HReported from the committee on EDB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 17-02) as amended in (HD 1), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to the committee on FIN.
2/7/2002HPassed Second Reading as amended in (HD 1) and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no and Representative(s) Auwae, Bukoski, Case, Davis, Djou, Fox, Gomes, Halford, Jaffe, Kahikina, Marumoto, Meyer, Moses, Ontai, Pendleton, Rath, Schatz, Stonebraker, Takai, Takumi, Thielen, Whalen, Yoshinaga excused.
2/20/2002HBill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 02-22-02 at 12:00 pm in House conference room 308.
2/22/2002HThe committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.

$ = Appropriation measure
ConAm = Constitutional Amendment