HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2023

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Rep. Daniel Holt, Chair

Rep. Rachele F. Lamosao, Vice Chair

Rep. Natalia Hussey-Burdick	Rep. Sean Quinlan
Rep. Sam Satoru Kong	Rep. Elijah Pierick
Rep. Nadine K. Nakamura

AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING

DATE:	Wednesday, February 1, 2023
TIME:	10 a.m.
PLACE:	VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE Conference Room 423 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street

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A M E N D E D  A G E N D A

The following measure(s) has been DELETED from the agenda: HB 466

HB 276 Status	RELATING TO TAXATION. Establishes a tax credit for commercial property owners that make available parking spaces within the owners' parking lots for use by peer-to-peer car-sharing platforms.  Applies to taxable years after 12/31/2022.	ECD, CPC, FIN
HB 466 Status	RELATING TO ALBIZIA. Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to establish a grant program to assist persons who use albizia trees to create usable commercial products or are developing ways to use albizia trees to create usable products.  Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, in consultation with certain academic units of the University of Hawaii, to study economically feasible ways in which businesses may use albizia trees to produce usable commercial products, including housing, throughout the State.  Appropriates moneys.	ECD, WAL, FIN
HB 514 Status	RELATING TO PRICE TRANSPARENCY. Requires all businesses engaged in the sale of goods to include the amount of general excise tax owed in any display or tag indicating the price of the goods.  Effective 1/1/2024.	ECD, CPC, FIN
HB 395 Status	RELATING TO THE HAWAII TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. Appropriates funds for the small business innovation research program under the Hawaii technology development corporation.	ECD, FIN
HB 396 Status	RELATING TO THE HAWAII TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. Appropriates funds for the manufacturing assistance program under the Hawaii technology development corporation.	ECD, FIN
HB 397 Status	RELATING TO THE HAWAII TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. Appropriates funds to the Hawaii technology development corporation for the Hawaii small business capital program.	ECD, FIN
HB 561 Status	RELATING TO TAX CREDITS. Requires that income tax credits established or renewed after 12/31/2023 include a five-year sunset or an annual one-third reduction beginning with the sixth year of the credit.	ECD, FIN

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Rep. Daniel Holt

Chair