HI HB 978

• Appointment of Receiver ($)
• Electric Services
• PUC
• Regulated Investor-Owned Electric Utilities

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1. 2025-12-08

   Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

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2. 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).

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3. 2025-02-13

   Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 557), recommending referral to FIN.

4. 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.

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5. 2025-02-07

   Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Tuesday, 02-11-25 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

6. 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).

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7. 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.

8. 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

9. 2025-01-24

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

10. 2025-01-23

    Referred to EEP, CPC, FIN , referral sheet 3

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11. 2025-01-23

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

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12. 2025-01-21

    Pending introduction.

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• 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

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