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HI HB 243

died on adjournment

RELATING TO ENERGY.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did HI HB 243 pass?

No. HI HB 243 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-12-08): Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

What is HI HB 243 about?

Requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish a streamlined grid-ready home interconnection process. Requires the Hawaii Electricity Reliability Administrator to report to the Legislature on the streamlined grid-ready home interconnection process. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

Who sponsors HI HB 243?

MARTEN, GRANDINETTI, IWAMOTO and 4 others are the primary sponsors of HI HB 243.

Description

Requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish a streamlined grid-ready home interconnection process. Requires the Hawaii Electricity Reliability Administrator to report to the Legislature on the streamlined grid-ready home interconnection process. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

Introduced
2025-01-17
Latest action
2025-12-08 — Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • MARTENprimary
  • GRANDINETTIprimary
  • IWAMOTOprimary
  • LOWENprimary
  • OLDSprimary
  • PERRUSOprimary
  • POEPOEprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-12-08

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

    carried-over

  2. 2025-02-13

    Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Pierick voting no (2) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3).

    passage,referral-committee

  3. 2025-02-13

    Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 586) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.

  4. 2025-02-12

    The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Miyake, Grandinetti, Kila, Kitagawa, La Chica; Ayes with reservations: none; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Muraoka, Pierick; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.

    committee-passage-favorable

  5. 2025-02-06

    Bill scheduled to be heard by HSG on Wednesday, 02-12-25 9:00AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  6. 2025-02-04

    Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on HSG with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kong, Ward excused (3).

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  7. 2025-02-04

    Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 107) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to HSG.

  8. 2025-01-28

    The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Perruso, Kahaloa, Kusch, Quinlan; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.

    committee-passage-favorable

  9. 2025-01-24

    Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Tuesday, 01-28-25 9:00AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  10. 2025-01-21

    Referred to EEP, HSG, FIN, referral sheet 1

    referral-committee

  11. 2025-01-17

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

    introduction,reading-1

  12. 2025-01-16

    Pending introduction.

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2025-01-28 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (6)
    • Lowen: yes
    • Perruso: yes
    • Kahaloa: yes
    • Kusch: yes
    • Quinlan: yes
    • Ward: not voting
  • The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2025-02-12 · pass · 6-2

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Evslin: yes
    • Miyake: yes
    • Grandinetti: yes
    • Kila: yes
    • Kitagawa: yes
    • La Chica: yes
    • Muraoka: no
    • Pierick: no
    • Cochran: not voting

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