HI HB 2423
died on adjournmentRELATING TO BIODIESEL.
Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did HI HB 2423 pass?
No. HI HB 2423 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 (2026-05-01): Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 05-01-26 at 12:30PM in Conference Room 329.
What is HI HB 2423 about?
Requires the Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to implement a requirement that, no later than January 1, 2028, diesel fuel sold in certain counties for use in on-highway diesel-powered motor vehicles contains no less than five per cent biodiesel by volume, except in circumstances where the supply of biodiesel is insufficient. Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to submit a report to the Legislature, including a comprehensive rollout plan. Requires the Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to consult with the Department of Transportation during the development and implementation of the biodiesel requirements and present DBEDT's comprehensive rollout plan to the public. Effective 7/1/3050. (SD1)
Who sponsors HI HB 2423?
KUSCH, AMATO, CHUN and 7 others are the primary sponsors of HI HB 2423, joined by 2 cosponsors.
Description
Requires the Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to implement a requirement that, no later than January 1, 2028, diesel fuel sold in certain counties for use in on-highway diesel-powered motor vehicles contains no less than five per cent biodiesel by volume, except in circumstances where the supply of biodiesel is insufficient. Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to submit a report to the Legislature, including a comprehensive rollout plan. Requires the Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to consult with the Department of Transportation during the development and implementation of the biodiesel requirements and present DBEDT's comprehensive rollout plan to the public. Effective 7/1/3050. (SD1)
- Introduced
- 2026-01-28
- Latest action
- 2026-05-01 — Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 05-01-26 at 12:30PM in Conference Room 329.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- KUSCHprimary
- AMATOprimary
- CHUNprimary
- ILAGANprimary
- KAHALOAprimary
- KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOYprimary
- MARTENprimary
- MORIKAWAprimary
- TAKENOUCHIprimary
- WOODSONprimary
- Lowencosponsor
- Reyes Odacosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-05-01
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 05-01-26 at 12:30PM in Conference Room 329.
2026-05-01
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 05-01-26 at 2:30PM in Conference Room 411.
2026-05-01
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 05-01-26 at 5:35PM in Conference Room 411.
2026-04-30
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 05-01-26 9:50AM in conference room 329.
2026-04-29
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-30-26 10:40AM in conference room Conference Room 329.
2026-04-28
Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Wednesday, 04-29-26 11:10AM in conference room 329.
2026-04-27
Senate Conferees Appointed: DeCoite Chair; Wakai, Keohokalole, Kanuha Co-Chairs.
2026-04-27
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 778).
receipt
2026-04-20
Re-referred to TRN, ECD, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 30
referral-committee
2026-04-20
House Conferees Appointed: Kila, Ilagan, Matayoshi, Miyake Co-Chairs; Kusch, Pierick.
2026-04-20
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 786).
receipt
2026-04-17
Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 780).
receipt
2026-04-16
House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
amendment-failure
2026-04-14
Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) DeCoite, Kim, Richards, San Buenaventura . Noes, 3 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte, Fevella). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
passage
2026-04-14
Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 689) in amended form (SD 1).
2026-04-10
Reported from CPN/WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3700) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
2026-04-10
One Day Notice 04-14-26.
2026-04-07
The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 11 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fevella ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Lee, C., Richards.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-04-07
The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in CPN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, Lamosao, McKelvey; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-04-02
The committee(s) on CPN/WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-07-26 10:30AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
2026-03-30
Reported from EDT/EIG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3312) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN/WAM.
2026-03-30
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN/WAM.
passage,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-03-24
The committee(s) on EIG recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EIG were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, DeCoite; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fevella ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Chang, Richards.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-24
The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDT were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Kim, Fevella ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fukunaga.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-18
The committee(s) on EDT/EIG has scheduled a public hearing on 03-24-26 1:01PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
2026-03-12
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 414).
introduction,receipt
2026-03-12
Passed First Reading.
reading-1
2026-03-12
Referred to EDT/EIG, CPN/WAM.
referral-committee
2026-03-10
Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 3 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Kong, Pierick voting no (3) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.
passage
2026-03-06
Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1057-26) as amended in HD 3, recommending passage on Third Reading.
2026-03-06
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-10-26.
2026-03-04
The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Grandinetti, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Kong, Lowen, Marten, Tam; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Pierick.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-02
Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Wednesday, 03-04-26 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2026-02-18
Reported from ECD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 416-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to CPC.
2026-02-18
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on CPC as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Alcos voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Pierick voting no (2) and none excused (0).
passage,referral-committee
2026-02-13
The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Ilagan, Hussey, Holt, Tam, Templo, Yamashita, Gedeon; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-10
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on ECD with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and none excused (0).
reading-2,referral-committee
2026-02-10
Bill scheduled to be heard by ECD on Friday, 02-13-26 8:30AM in House conference room 423 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2026-02-09
Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 86-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to ECD.
2026-02-05
The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Miyake, Cochran, Evslin, Grandinetti, Kitagawa, La Chica, Muraoka; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Pierick.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-03
Bill scheduled to be heard by TRN on Thursday, 02-05-26 9:30AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2026-02-02
Referred to TRN, ECD, CPC, referral sheet 6
referral-committee
2026-01-28
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
introduction,reading-1
2026-01-27
Pending introduction.
Versions
Documents
Votes
The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
2026-02-05 · pass · 8-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Kila: yes
- Miyake: yes
- Cochran: yes
- Evslin: yes
- Grandinetti: yes
- Kitagawa: yes
- La Chica: yes
- Muraoka: yes
- Pierick: not voting
The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
2026-02-13 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Ilagan: yes
- Hussey: yes
- Holt: yes
- Tam: yes
- Templo: yes
- Yamashita: yes
- Gedeon: yes
The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
2026-03-04 · pass · 10-0
Member-level votes (11)
- Matayoshi: yes
- Grandinetti: yes
- Chun: yes
- Ilagan: yes
- Ichiyama: yes
- Iwamoto: yes
- Kong: yes
- Lowen: yes
- Marten: yes
- Tam: yes
- Pierick: not voting
The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
2026-03-24 · pass · 4-0
Member-level votes (5)
- DeCoite: yes
- Wakai: yes
- Kim: yes
- Fevella: yes
- Fukunaga: not voting
The committee(s) on EIG recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
2026-03-24 · pass · 3-0
Member-level votes (5)
- Wakai: yes
- DeCoite: yes
- Fevella: yes
- Chang: not voting
- Richards: not voting
The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.
2026-04-07 · pass · 11-0
Member-level votes (14)
- Dela Cruz: yes
- Moriwaki: yes
- DeCoite: yes
- Elefante: yes
- Hashimoto: yes
- Inouye: yes
- Kanuha: yes
- Kidani: yes
- Kim: yes
- Wakai: yes
- Fevella: yes
- Lee: not voting
- C: not voting
- Richards: not voting
The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.
2026-04-07 · pass · 4-0
Member-level votes (5)
- Keohokalole: yes
- Fukunaga: yes
- Lamosao: yes
- McKelvey: yes
- Awa: not voting
Report adopted; Passed Third Reading.
2026-04-14 · pass · 22-3
Member-level votes (4)
- DeCoite: yes
- Kim: yes
- Richards: yes
- San Buenaventura: yes
Related bills
- Companion bill: SB 2255
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