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HI HB 366

died on adjournment

RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did HI HB 366 pass?

No. HI HB 366 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 366 about?

Requires contested cases, environmental assessment cases, or environmental impact statement cases involving renewable energy projects over twenty megawatts in size, except cases that involve any form of incineration, to be appealed from an agency's decision directly to the Hawaii Supreme Court for final decision. Requires the cases to be prioritized and decided expeditiously. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Who sponsors HI HB 366?

EVSLIN, KILA, KITAGAWA and 6 others are the primary sponsors of HI HB 366.

Description

Requires contested cases, environmental assessment cases, or environmental impact statement cases involving renewable energy projects over twenty megawatts in size, except cases that involve any form of incineration, to be appealed from an agency's decision directly to the Hawaii Supreme Court for final decision. Requires the cases to be prioritized and decided expeditiously. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

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

Subjects

Sponsors

  • EVSLINprimary
  • KILAprimary
  • KITAGAWAprimary
  • LAMOSAOprimary
  • LOWENprimary
  • MARTENprimary
  • MATAYOSHIprimary
  • MIYAKEprimary
  • SOUZAprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-12-08

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

    carried-over

  2. 2025-02-12

    The committee(s) on JHA recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.

    deferral

  3. 2025-02-07

    Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 02-12-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  4. 2025-02-04

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

    reading-2,referral-committee

  5. 2025-02-04

    Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 97) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

  6. 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; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Quinlan; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.

    committee-passage-favorable

  7. 2025-01-24

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

  8. 2025-01-21

    Referred to EEP, JHA, CPC, referral sheet 1

    referral-committee

  9. 2025-01-17

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

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  10. 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

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

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Attribution

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