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HI HR 196

died on adjournment

REQUESTING THE HAWAII STATE ENERGY OFFICE TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO STUDY THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF LARGE DATA CENTERS ON HAWAII'S ELECTRIC UTILITIES, RATEPAYERS, NATURAL RESOURCES, AND CLIMATE GOALS.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Introduced
2026-03-16
Status date
Latest action
2026-04-09 — Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1939-26), recommending adoption.
Bill type
resolution
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • LOWENprimary
  • AMATOprimary
  • BELATTIprimary
  • GRANDINETTIprimary
  • KAPELAprimary
  • KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOYprimary
  • KUSCHprimary
  • MARTENprimary
  • MIYAKEprimary
  • PERRUSOprimary
  • POEPOEprimary
  • TEMPLOprimary
  • TODDprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-04-09

    Resolution adopted in final form.

    passage

  2. 2026-04-09

    Adopted with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1).

    passage

  3. 2026-04-09

    Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1939-26), recommending adoption.

  4. 2026-04-07

    The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Morikawa.

    committee-passage-favorable

  5. 2026-04-02

    Scheduled for decision making on Tuesday, 04-07-26 10:05AM in conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  6. 2026-04-01

    Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

    passage,referral-committee

  7. 2026-04-01

    Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1616-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending referral to FIN.

  8. 2026-03-24

    The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Perruso, Chun, Kusch, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Kahaloa, Quinlan.

    committee-passage-favorable

  9. 2026-03-20

    Resolution scheduled to be heard by EEP on Tuesday, 03-24-26 9:00AM in conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  10. 2026-03-18

    Referred to EEP, FIN, referral sheet 19

    referral-committee

  11. 2026-03-16

    Offered

    introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

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

    2026-03-24 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Lowen: yes
    • Perruso: yes
    • Chun: yes
    • Kusch: yes
    • Matsumoto: yes
    • Kahaloa: not voting
    • Quinlan: not voting
  • The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.

    2026-04-07 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (17)
    • Todd: yes
    • Takenouchi: yes
    • Hartsfield: yes
    • Hussey: yes
    • Keohokapu-Lee Loy: yes
    • Kitagawa: yes
    • Kusch: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • M: yes
    • Miyake: yes
    • Perruso: yes
    • Templo: yes
    • Yamashita: yes
    • Alcos: yes
    • Gedeon: yes
    • Reyes Oda: yes
    • Morikawa: not voting

Related bills

  • Companion bill: HCR 206, SR90not in this corpus

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