Legislative record

HB 2590STATE · HawaiiIntroduced

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Imposes the manufacturing general excise tax rate on motion picture, digital media, and film productions and repeals the provision in the definition of "qualified production costs" that applied the term to mean costs incurred that are subject to the highest general excise tax rate. Exempts from the general excise tax certain amounts received by a motion picture project employer from a client company equal to amounts that are disbursed by the motion picture project employer for employee wages, salaries, payroll taxes, insurance premiums, and employment benefits and payments to loan-out companies. Requires persons making payment to a loan-out company and claiming the Motion Picture, Digital Media, and Film Production Income Tax Credit to deduct and withhold an amount exceeding the amount actually due for all payments made to the loan-out company for services performed in the State. Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2026. Effective 7/1/3050. (SD1)

Voted 3/24/2026View source

Roll-call record

How representatives voted

27 yea·0 nay·2 other

Docket history

Action history

  1. 3/24/2026Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
  2. 3/24/2026Reported from EDT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3148) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
  3. 3/17/2026The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDT were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Wakai, Fukunaga; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Kim, Fevella.
  4. 3/13/2026The committee(s) on EDT has scheduled a public hearing on 03-17-26 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
  5. 3/10/2026Referred to EDT, WAM.
  6. 3/6/2026Passed First Reading.
  7. 3/6/2026Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 122).
  8. 3/5/2026Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Iwamoto voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Perruso excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.
  9. 3/5/2026Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 776-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.
  10. 3/2/2026The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.