--- type: "Bill" title: "RELATING TO THE GREENHOUSE GAS SEQUESTRATION TASK FORCE." description: "Repeals the Greenhouse Gas Sequestration Task Force. (SD1)" jurisdiction: "us/states/hi" legislature: "Hawaii Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "HB 1017" citation: "Hawaii HB 1017 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Greenhouse Gas Sequestration Task Force", "Repeal"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["NAKAMURA"] version_count: 3 action_count: 34 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2025-01-21" last_action: "2025-05-14" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69f258a3-121e-4838-85f6-cd19677f7ba4" source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1017&year=2025" source_hash: "2d603704029f5f71eca14c589752d057c7cd3f2ba99af9f416f1e4272d18751d" 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 HB 1017 (2025) — RELATING TO THE GREENHOUSE GAS SEQUESTRATION TASK FORCE. Repeals the Greenhouse Gas Sequestration Task Force. (SD1) ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **HB1017** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB1017_.HTM) 2. **HB1017_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB1017_HD1_.HTM) 3. **HB1017_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB1017_SD1_.HTM) ## Votes - The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · upper - Reconsider: Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). — **25–0** (pass) · upper - Reconsider: The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **14–0** (pass) · lower - The committee(s) on EIG recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **3–0** (pass) · upper - The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - NAKAMURA — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-05-14** Act 048, on 05/14/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1148). `became-law` - **2025-05-14** Act 048, 05/14/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1148). `became-law` - **2025-04-21** Transmitted to Governor. - **2025-04-22** Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 794). `receipt` - **2025-04-21** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Iwamoto voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). `passage` - **2025-04-21** House agrees to Senate amendment(s). - **2025-04-21** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 760). `receipt` - **2025-04-17** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-10-25. - **2025-04-11** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 704). `receipt` - **2025-04-10** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). `amendment-failure` - **2025-04-08** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 705) in amended form (SD 1). - **2025-04-08** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage` - **2025-04-04** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-08-25. - **2025-04-04** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1815) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). - **2025-04-03** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-03-28** The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-03-25 10:01AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference. - **2025-03-13** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDC. `reading-2, referral-committee` - **2025-03-13** Reported from EIG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1079) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to JDC. - **2025-03-11** The committee(s) on EIG recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. 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` - **2025-03-07** The committee(s) on EIG has scheduled a public hearing on 03-11-25 3:02PM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference. - **2025-03-04** Referred to EIG, JDC. `referral-committee` - **2025-02-28** Passed First Reading. `reading-1` - **2025-02-28** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 49). `introduction, receipt` - **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` - **2025-02-27** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 889), recommending passage on Third Reading. - **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` - **2025-02-18** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 02-20-25 12:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. - **2025-02-12** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Sayama, Ward excused (3). `reading-2, referral-committee` - **2025-02-12** Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 505) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN. - **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` - **2025-01-29** Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Thursday, 02-06-25 9:00AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. - **2025-01-23** Referred to EEP, FIN, referral sheet 3 `referral-committee` - **2025-01-23** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1` - **2025-01-21** Pending introduction. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69f258a3-121e-4838-85f6-cd19677f7ba4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).