HI HB 978
died on adjournmentRELATING TO ELECTRIC UTILITIES.
Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower
Description
Provides the Public Utilities Commission the authority to appoint a receiver to take temporary action necessary to assure continued adequate electric services from regulated investor-owned electric utilities. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
- Introduced
- 2025-01-23
- Status date
- —
- Latest action
- 2025-12-08 — Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- LOWENprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-12-08
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
carried-over
2025-02-13
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3).
passage,referral-committee
2025-02-13
Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 557), recommending referral to FIN.
2025-02-11
The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Kong, Lowen, Marten, Tam, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-02-07
Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Tuesday, 02-11-25 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2025-02-04
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kong, Ward excused (3).
reading-2,referral-committee
2025-02-04
Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 89) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
2025-01-28
The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Perruso, Kahaloa, Kusch; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Quinlan, Ward.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-01-24
Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Tuesday, 01-28-25 9:00AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2025-01-23
Referred to EEP, CPC, FIN , referral sheet 3
referral-committee
2025-01-23
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
introduction,reading-1
2025-01-21
Pending introduction.
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Votes
The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
2025-01-28 · pass · 4-0
Member-level votes (6)
- Lowen: yes
- Perruso: yes
- Kahaloa: yes
- Kusch: yes
- Quinlan: not voting
- Ward: not voting
The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.
2025-02-11 · pass · 10-0
Member-level votes (10)
- Matayoshi: yes
- Chun: yes
- Ilagan: yes
- Ichiyama: yes
- Iwamoto: yes
- Kong: yes
- Lowen: yes
- Marten: yes
- Tam: yes
- Pierick: yes
Related bills
- Companion bill: SB 1500not in this corpus
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