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HI HB 344

died on adjournment

RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did HI HB 344 pass?

No. HI HB 344 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 (2026-04-23): House Conferees Appointed: Lowen, Perruso Co-Chairs; Alcos.

What is HI HB 344 about?

Requires the design of all new state building construction where parking is to be included to provide that a number of the parking stalls, as determined by the Department of Accounting and General Services, shall be electric vehicle charger-ready. Requires the Hawaii State Energy Office, in consultation with the Department of Accounting and General Services and Department of Transportation, to conduct a survey and identify certain high-priority state facilities. Establishes a goal of the State to retrofit state facilities to be electric vehicle charger-ready. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD2)

Who sponsors HI HB 344?

LOWEN, EVSLIN, KAHALOA and 4 others are the primary sponsors of HI HB 344.

Description

Requires the design of all new state building construction where parking is to be included to provide that a number of the parking stalls, as determined by the Department of Accounting and General Services, shall be electric vehicle charger-ready. Requires the Hawaii State Energy Office, in consultation with the Department of Accounting and General Services and Department of Transportation, to conduct a survey and identify certain high-priority state facilities. Establishes a goal of the State to retrofit state facilities to be electric vehicle charger-ready. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD2)

Introduced
2025-01-17
Latest action
2026-04-23 — House Conferees Appointed: Lowen, Perruso Co-Chairs; Alcos.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • LOWENprimary
  • EVSLINprimary
  • KAHALOAprimary
  • KILAprimary
  • MARTENprimary
  • PERRUSOprimary
  • TODDprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-04-23

    House Conferees Appointed: Lowen, Perruso Co-Chairs; Alcos.

  2. 2026-04-23

    Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 817).

    receipt

  3. 2026-04-02

    Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).

    receipt

  4. 2026-04-01

    House Conferee(s) discharged.

  5. 2026-03-20

    Senate Conferee(s) discharged.

  6. 2026-03-20

    Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 409).

    receipt

  7. 2025-12-08

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

    carried-over

  8. 2025-04-25

    Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-25-25 at 4:05PM in Conference Room 325.

  9. 2025-04-25

    Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-25-25 at 5:10PM in Conference Room 325.

  10. 2025-04-25

    Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-25-25 at 5:55PM in Conference Room 325.

  11. 2025-04-24

    Senate Conferees Appointed: Wakai Chair; McKelvey, DeCoite Co-Chairs; Fevella.

  12. 2025-04-24

    Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Friday, 04-25-25 11:15AM in conference room 325.

  13. 2025-04-24

    Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 875).

    receipt

  14. 2025-04-23

    Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 804).

    receipt

  15. 2025-04-22

    House Conferees Appointed: Lowen, Takenouchi Co-Chairs; Kusch, Perruso, Alcos.

  16. 2025-04-11

    Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 704).

    receipt

  17. 2025-04-10

    House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

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  18. 2025-04-08

    Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

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  19. 2025-04-08

    Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 621) in amended form (SD 2).

  20. 2025-04-04

    The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 12 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Lee, C..

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  21. 2025-04-04

    Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1833) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

  22. 2025-04-04

    48 Hrs. Notice 04-08-25.

  23. 2025-04-02

    The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-04-25 10:46AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  24. 2025-03-21

    Reported from EIG/GVO (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1248) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

  25. 2025-03-21

    Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.

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  26. 2025-03-18

    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) Richards ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Chang, Fevella.

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  27. 2025-03-18

    The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in GVO were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) McKelvey, Gabbard; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) San Buenaventura ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Moriwaki, Fevella.

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  28. 2025-03-13

    The committee(s) on EIG/GVO has scheduled a public hearing on 03-18-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

  29. 2025-03-10

    Re-Referred to EIG/GVO, WAM.

    referral-committee

  30. 2025-03-04

    Referred to GVO/EIG, WAM.

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  31. 2025-02-28

    Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 14).

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  32. 2025-02-28

    Passed First Reading.

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  33. 2025-02-27

    Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 880), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  34. 2025-02-27

    Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Kong, Muraoka, Shimizu voting no (4) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4). Transmitted to Senate.

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  35. 2025-02-20

    The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Alcos, Ward.

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  36. 2025-02-18

    Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 02-20-25 12:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  37. 2025-02-12

    Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 503) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

  38. 2025-02-12

    Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Pierick voting no (2) and Representative(s) Cochran, Sayama, Ward excused (3).

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  39. 2025-02-06

    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; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.

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  40. 2025-01-29

    Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Thursday, 02-06-25 9:00AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  41. 2025-01-28

    Re-referred to EEP, FIN, referral sheet 6

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  42. 2025-01-21

    Referred to EEP, LAB, FIN, referral sheet 1

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  43. 2025-01-17

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

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  44. 2025-01-16

    Pending introduction.

Versions

Documents

Votes

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

    2025-02-06 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (6)
    • Lowen: yes
    • Perruso: yes
    • Kahaloa: yes
    • Kusch: yes
    • Quinlan: yes
    • Ward: not voting

  • The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.

    2025-02-20 · pass · 14-0

    Member-level votes (17)
    • Yamashita: yes
    • Takenouchi: yes
    • Grandinetti: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hussey: yes
    • Keohokapu-Lee Loy: yes
    • Kitagawa: yes
    • Kusch: yes
    • Lamosao: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • M: yes
    • Miyake: yes
    • Morikawa: yes
    • Templo: yes
    • Reyes Oda: yes
    • Alcos: not voting
    • Ward: not voting

  • The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2025-03-18 · pass · 3-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • McKelvey: yes
    • Gabbard: yes
    • San Buenaventura: yes
    • Moriwaki: not voting
    • Fevella: not voting

  • The committee(s) on EIG recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2025-03-18 · pass · 3-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Wakai: yes
    • DeCoite: yes
    • Richards: yes
    • Chang: not voting
    • Fevella: not voting

  • The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2025-04-04 · pass · 12-0

    Member-level votes (14)
    • Dela Cruz: yes
    • Moriwaki: yes
    • Aquino: 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

  • Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

    2025-04-08 · pass · 24-1

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