THE SENATE
THE THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2020

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz, Chair
Senator Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran, Vice-Chair

MEASURES DEFERRED TO THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2020

DATE:

Thursday, February 13, 2020

TIME:

10:55 AM

PLACE:

Conference Room 211
State Capitol
415 South Beretania Street

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

SB2101
Status and Testimony

RELATING TO TAXATION.
Amends the excise tax rate on large cigars.

WAM

SB2602
Status and Testimony

RELATING TO ESTATE TAX INFLATION ADJUSTMENT.
Requires Hawaii's estate tax applicable exclusion amount to be calculated by utilizing the federal Internal Revenue Service inflation adjustment mechanism.  Applies only to decedents dying after December 31, 2019.

WAM

SB2624
Status and Testimony

RELATING TO THE LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLD RENTERS CREDIT.
Creates income brackets for the low-income renter tax credit.  Provides for adjustment of the tax credit amount based on the consumer price index.

WAM

SB3124
Status and Testimony

RELATING TO TAXATION.
Amends the income tax rates by changing the tax brackets beginning after 12/31/2020.

WAM

SB2052 SD1
(SSCR2352)

Status and Testimony

RELATING TO LOAN FORGIVENESS FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROFESSIONALS.
Adds early childhood education students to the Hawaii educator loan program to allow the education loans of those individuals to be forgiven after five years teaching in early childhood education.  Appropriates funds.  (SD1)

EDU, WAM

SB2256 SD1
(SSCR2316)

Status and Testimony

RELATING TO TEACHER RECRUITMENT.
Authorizes the department of education to provide incentives to enhance the recruitment and retention of public school and public charter school teachers.  (SD1)

EDU, WAM

HB766 HD1 SD1
(SSCR1284)

Status and Testimony

RELATING TO SERVICE IN NON-CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS.
Establishes a task force within the Judiciary to review allowing service of notice and process by electronic mail in civil and administrative proceedings.  (SD1)

JDC, WAM

No testimony will be accepted.

FOR AMENDED NOTICES:  Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 808-586-6090.