Bill Commons

HI HB 977

died on adjournment

RELATING TO ENERGY FINANCING.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Authorizes the Clean Energy and Energy Efficiency Revolving Loan Fund to be used to provide financial assistance to underserved ratepayers, in addition to other eligible borrowers. Appropriates funds into and out of the Clean Energy and Energy Efficiency Revolving Loan Fund. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)

Introduced
2025-01-23
Status date
Latest action
2025-12-08 — Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • KAHALOAprimary
  • KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOYprimary
  • KILAprimary
  • KITAGAWAprimary
  • LA CHICAprimary
  • MARTENprimary
  • MIYAKEprimary
  • PERRUSOprimary
  • POEPOEprimary
  • QUINLANprimary
  • TAMprimary
  • TARNASprimary
  • TODDprimary
  • LOWENprimary
  • EVSLINprimary
  • GRANDINETTIprimary
  • HUSSEYprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-12-08

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

    carried-over

  2. 2025-03-18

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

    passage,reading-2,referral-committee

  3. 2025-03-18

    Reported from EIG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1116) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

  4. 2025-03-11

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

    committee-passage-favorable

  5. 2025-03-07

    The committee(s) on EIG has scheduled a public hearing on 03-11-25 3:02PM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

  6. 2025-03-04

    Referred to EIG, WAM.

    referral-committee

  7. 2025-02-28

    Passed First Reading.

    reading-1

  8. 2025-02-28

    Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 46).

    introduction,receipt

  9. 2025-02-27

    Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4). Transmitted to Senate.

    passage

  10. 2025-02-27

    Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 887), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  11. 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.

    committee-passage-favorable

  12. 2025-02-18

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

  13. 2025-02-11

    Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (3) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2).

    reading-2,referral-committee

  14. 2025-02-11

    Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 349) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

  15. 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.

    committee-passage-favorable

  16. 2025-01-29

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

  17. 2025-01-23

    Referred to EEP, FIN, referral sheet 3

    referral-committee

  18. 2025-01-23

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

    introduction,reading-1

  19. 2025-01-21

    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 EIG recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2025-03-11 · pass · 3-0

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

Related bills

Official source

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:20:09.051962Z

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=HI&identifier=HB 977. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.
  • Some documents have no extracted text yet, so version comparison may be limited.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.