Legislative record

HB 1996STATE · HawaiiIntroduced

RELATING TO HEARING AIDS.

Exempts from the general excise tax, gross receipts from the sale of hearing aids received by a hospital, infirmary, medical clinic, health care facility, pharmacy, or a practitioner licensed to administer drugs to an individual. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Voted 2/18/2026

Roll-call record

How representatives voted

16 yea·0 nay

Docket history

Action history

  1. 2/18/2026Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
  2. 2/18/2026Reported from ECD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 414-26), recommending referral to FIN.
  3. 2/13/2026The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Ilagan, Hussey, Holt, Tam, Templo, Yamashita, Gedeon; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
  4. 2/10/2026Bill scheduled to be heard by ECD on Friday, 02-13-26 8:30AM in House conference room 423 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  5. 2/6/2026Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on ECD with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
  6. 2/6/2026Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 50-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to ECD.
  7. 2/4/2026The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Amato, Hartsfield, Marten, Olds, Takenouchi, Alcos, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
  8. 1/30/2026Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Wednesday, 02-04-26 9:00AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  9. 1/28/2026Referred to HLT, ECD, FIN, referral sheet 3
  10. 1/26/2026Introduced and Pass First Reading.