---
type: "Bill"
title: "AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS FOR MELE ASSOCIATES, INC., A RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPER SERVING THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN PROVIDING ELECTRIC ENERGY."
description: "Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to Mele Associates, Inc., a renewable energy developer, for the provision of electric energy and installation of renewable energy projects in Hawaii. (SB988 HD2)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 988"
citation: "Hawaii SB 988 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Special Purpose Revenue Bonds", "Mele Associates", "Inc.", "Renewable Energy Developer ($)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["WAKAI"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13e99339-948d-4fc1-95b2-0bd68c06ac82"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=988&year=2019"
source_hash: "75dd94b3808393c58d7ebeb8fdb0290eff7432cc46c33d6a9054335cbd898a3f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-hi"]
---

# Hawaii SB 988 (2019 Regular Session) — AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS FOR MELE ASSOCIATES, INC., A RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPER SERVING THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN PROVIDING ELECTRIC ENERGY.

Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to Mele Associates, Inc., a renewable energy developer, for the provision of electric energy and installation of renewable energy projects in Hawaii. (SB988 HD2)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **SB988** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/SB988_.HTM)
2. **SB988_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/SB988_HD1_.HTM)
3. **SB988_HD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/SB988_HD2_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committees on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on EET recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- WAKAI — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-18** Introduced. `introduction`
- **2019-01-22** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-24** Referred to EET, WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** The committee(s) on EET has scheduled a public hearing on 02-01-19 3:00PM in conference room 414.
- **2019-02-01** The committee(s) on EET recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in EET were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Taniguchi, J.Keohokalole, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Inouye. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-11** Reported from EET (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 158) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.
- **2019-02-11** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
- **2019-02-26** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-28-19 10:30AM in conference room 211.
- **2019-02-28** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 12 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, English, Harimoto, Inouye, K. Kahele, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-01** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1045) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).
- **2019-03-01** 48 Hrs. Notice 03-05-19.
- **2019-03-05** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Harimoto). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2019-03-05** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 319) in amended form (SD 1). `introduction`
- **2019-03-07** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** Referred to EEP, FIN, referral sheet 27 `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Thursday, 03-14-19 8:35AM in House conference room 325.
- **2019-03-14** The committees on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Wildberger, Har, Todd, Yamane; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Tarnas; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Thielen; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-20** Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1461) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2019-03-20** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Thielen voting no (1) and Representative(s) Belatti, Yamane excused (2). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 03-27-19 2:30PM in House conference room 308.
- **2019-03-27** The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Todd, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Holt. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1992) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-03** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Friday, 04-05-19.
- **2019-04-05** Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Eli, Mizuno, Nishimoto excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2019-04-09** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 679). `introduction`
- **2019-04-09** Senate disagrees with House amendments.
- **2019-04-09** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 885).
- **2019-04-17** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-09-19 in disagreeing to the House amendments.
- **2019-04-17** Senate agrees with House amendments. Placed on the calendar for Final Reading on 04-18-19.
- **2019-04-17** One Day Notice 04-18-19.
- **2019-04-18** Passed Final Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
- **2019-04-18** Received notice of reconsideration, Senate agreement, and Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 915).
- **2019-04-18** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-03** Act 160, on 06/27/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1262). `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-03** Act 160, 06/27/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1262). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13e99339-948d-4fc1-95b2-0bd68c06ac82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).