Gov. Josh Green supports the bill, indicating he will sign it. The bill adds a 0.75% levy to the state’s existing tax on hotel rooms, timeshares, vacation rentals and other short-term accommodations. It also imposes a new 11% tax on cruise ship bills, prorated for the number of days the vessels are in Hawaii ports.

The first-of-its-kind bill once signed would raise the tax on hotel stays and other vacation rentals in Hawaii.

Hawaii lawmakers have passed a "first of its kind" bill that increases the state's hotel tax to fund climate change relief efforts, the governor's office said. | TAG24