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HI HR 197

passed one chamber

REQUESTING THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION TO ENSURE THAT CERTAIN CONDITIONS ARE MET BEFORE APPROVING ANY INFRASTRUCTURE, OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE, FUEL, OR OTHER COSTS RELATING TO SUPPLYING AND USING LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Introduced
2026-03-16
Status date
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Latest action
2026-04-01 — Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1618-26), recommending referral to CPC.
Bill type
resolution
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • LOWENprimary
  • AMATOprimary
  • BELATTIprimary
  • EVSLINprimary
  • GRANDINETTIprimary
  • HUSSEYprimary
  • IWAMOTOprimary
  • MARTENprimary
  • PERRUSOprimary
  • POEPOEprimary
  • QUINLANprimary
  • TAMprimary
  • TEMPLOprimary
  • TODDprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-04-01

    Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

    passage,referral-committee

  2. 2026-04-01

    Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1618-26), recommending referral to CPC.

  3. 2026-03-24

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

  4. 2026-03-20

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

  5. 2026-03-18

    Referred to EEP, CPC, referral sheet 19

    referral-committee

  6. 2026-03-16

    Offered

    introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

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

    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

Related bills

  • Companion bill: HCR 207, SR157not in this corpus

Official source

https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HR&billnumber=197&year=2026

Attribution

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