Hawaii Senate Bill 780 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on January 20 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-14 - The committee on TRE deferred the measure.
Pending: Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Expands the definition of an eligible business activity to include businesses that provide renewable energy infrastructure to agricultural producers. Extends the tax credit eligibility periods in enterprise zones for agricultural producers and for businesses providing renewable energy infrastructure to agricultural producers until the Hawaii constitutional mandate of "self-sufficiency" is fulfilled. Expands the qualifications of a qualified business to include those businesses that increase gross volume of agricultural products or gross volume of renewable energy infrastructures to agricultural producers within enterprise zones located within the same county by two percent annually. Specifies the kinds of agricultural investments that are eligible for the business tax credit.

Relating To Enterprise Zones.

Sen. Mike Gabbard [D]

Sen. William Espero [D]

Sen. Stanley Chang [D]

Sen. Gil Riviere [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-14	Senate	The committee on TRE deferred the measure.
2017-02-14	Senate	The committee on ETT deferred the measure.
2017-02-14	Senate	The committee on AEN deferred the measure.
2017-02-10	Senate	The committee(s) on AEN/ETT/TRE has scheduled a public hearing on 02-14-17 10:30AM in conference room 414.
2017-02-03	Senate	The committee(s) on AEN/ETT/TRE has scheduled a public hearing on 02-08-17 2:50PM in conference room 225.
2017-01-23	Senate	Referred to AEN/ETT/TRE, JDL/WAM.
2017-01-23	Senate	Passed First Reading.
2017-01-20	Senate	Introduced.

SB780 (Carry Over) 2017-02-14 - The committee on TRE deferred the measure.
HB784 (Same As) 2017-02-17 - Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite, Tokioka excused (2).

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=780&year=2017
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/SB780_.HTM