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SB 1641STATE · HawaiiIntroduced

RELATING TO THE STATE OF HAWAII FILM COMMISSION.

Establishes the Hawaii Film Authority within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism and transfers the rights, powers, functions, and duties of the Hawaii Film Office to the Authority. Establishes the Hawaii Film Authority Board within the Hawaii Film Authority. Establishes the Film Industry and Development Special Fund. Renames the Hawaii Film and Creative Industries Development Special Fund as the Hawaii Creative Industries Development Special Fund and excludes media and film from the definition of creative industries. Allows the Creative Industries Development Special Fund to be used for the support and development of facilities and other initiatives to grow the State's creative industries. Requires annual reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

Voted 12/8/2025View source

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How representatives voted

39 yea·0 nay·2 other

Docket history

Action history

  1. 12/8/2025Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
  2. 4/10/2025Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 779).
  3. 4/10/2025Senate disagrees with House amendments.
  4. 4/10/2025Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 700).
  5. 4/8/2025Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Iwamoto voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Muraoka voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Marten excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.
  6. 4/4/2025Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-08-25.
  7. 4/4/2025Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1996) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
  8. 3/28/2025The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Hussey, Ward.
  9. 3/25/2025Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 03-28-25 3:30PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  10. 3/21/2025Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Garrett, Kapela, Kitagawa, Ward excused (5).