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HB 2195STATE · HawaiiIntroduced

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Requires the Department of Transportation to assess a per passenger head infrastructure fee against cruise ships docking in the State's commercial harbors. Establishes the Cruise Ship Special Fund. Repeals existing law imposing the Transient Accommodations Tax on cruise ships, effective retroactive to 1/1/2026. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Voted 3/12/2026

Roll-call record

How representatives voted

28 yea·2 nay·2 other

Docket history

Action history

  1. 3/12/2026Referred to TRS/EDT, WAM/JDC.
  2. 3/12/2026Passed First Reading.
  3. 3/12/2026Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 375).
  4. 3/10/2026Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Gedeon, Kong, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Pierick, Reyes Oda, Shimizu voting no (9) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.
  5. 3/6/2026Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1167-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.
  6. 3/5/2026The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Yamashita, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Gedeon; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Alcos; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Perruso.
  7. 3/3/2026Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 03-05-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  8. 2/20/2026Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Cochran, Gedeon, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Reyes Oda, Souza voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Pierick, Shimizu voting no (4) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1).
  9. 2/20/2026Reported from TOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 728-26), recommending referral to FIN.
  10. 2/19/2026The committee on TOU recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Tam, Templo, Ilagan, Yamashita, Gedeon; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Hussey.