Tuesday, January 28, 2020

LABOR & PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT, FINANCE COMMITTEES TO HEAR TESTIMONY ON BILL TO SUPPORT WORKING FAMILIES


WHO:             Representative Aaron Ling Johanson, Chair, Committee on Labor & Public Employment
Representative Sylvia Luke, Chair, Committee Finance

WHAT:          Joint committee hearing on HB 2541

WHEN:          Thursday, January 30
                        9 a.m.

WHERE:       Hawaii State Capitol
                        Room 309

Honolulu, Hawaiʻi –The House Committee on Labor & Public Employment and the Committee on Finance will hold a joint hearing on HB 2541 at 9 a.m. Jan. 30 in room 309 at the State Capitol.
The bill, titled Relating to Helping Working Families, makes the state earned income tax credit refundable and permanent. The bill also increases and amends the refundable food/excise tax credit by basing the amount of the credit on a taxpayer's Hawaiʻi earned income, rather than federal adjusted gross income. In addition, the bill increases the minimum wage rate to $11 per hour beginning on 1/1/2021, $12 per hour beginning on 1/1/2022, $12.50 per hour beginning on 1/1/2023, and $13 per hour beginning on 1/1/2024.
Decision making will follow the hearing.
Persons wishing to offer comments should submit testimony at least 24 hours prior to the hearing. 
Testimony should indicate:
·    Testifier's name with position/title and organization;
·    The Committee(s) to which the comments are directed;
·    The date and time of the hearing; and
·    Measure number.
Submit testimony in ONE of the following ways:
PAPER: Two copies (including an original) to Room 324 in the State Capitol;
FAX:     For testimony less than 5 pages in length, transmit to 808-586-8469 (Oahu) or 1-800-535-3859 (for neighbor islanders without a computer to submit testimony through the website); or
WEB:    For testimony less than 20 MB in size, transmit from http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/submittestimony.aspx.

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