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type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST A SEAWATER AIR CONDITIONING PROJECT IN HAWAII."
description: "Extends the authorization to issue special purpose revenue bonds to assist Kaiuli Energy, LLC, with the financing of the planning, design, and construction of a seawater air conditioning district cooling facility and chilled water distribution system. Effective 6/29/2018. (HB2108 SD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2018 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2108"
citation: "Hawaii HB 2108 (2018 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Special Purpose Revenue Bonds", "Kaiuli Energy", "LLC", "Seawater Air Conditioning", "District Cooling Facility and Chilled Water Distribution System ($)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BROWER", "C. LEE", "LOPRESTI", "Lowen", "QUINLAN", "Thielen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 41
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-19"
last_action: "2018-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fac482f4-9ced-4158-b9c6-7903868ecfe9"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2108&year=2018"
source_hash: "4bf75d2d4a75f046feb16696f5030e908f96a726b7f43cfd9f379de60c3ace60"
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 2108 (2018 Regular Session) — RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST A SEAWATER AIR CONDITIONING PROJECT IN HAWAII.
Extends the authorization to issue special purpose revenue bonds to assist Kaiuli Energy, LLC, with the financing of the planning, design, and construction of a seawater air conditioning district cooling facility and chilled water distribution system. Effective 6/29/2018. (HB2108 SD1)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB2108** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/HB2108_.HTM)
2. **HB2108_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/HB2108_HD1_.HTM)
## Votes
- The committee(s) on TRE recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **30** (pass) · upper
- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **130** (pass) · lower
- The committees on EDB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **70** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **90** (pass) · upper
- The committees on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **60** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- BROWER — primary (person)
- C. LEE — primary (person)
- LOPRESTI — primary (person)
- Lowen — primary (person)
- QUINLAN — primary (person)
- Thielen — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-01-19** Pending introduction.
- **2018-01-22** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-26** Referred to EEP/EDB, FIN, referral sheet 7 `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP/EDB on Wednesday, 02-07-18 10:35AM in House conference room 309.
- **2018-02-07** The committees on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, Lowen, Cullen, Kong, McKelvey, Todd; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Yamane, McDermott. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-07** The committees on EDB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Evans, Keohokalole, Holt, Ichiyama, Johanson, Yamashita, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-13** Reported from EEP/EDB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 304-18) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2018-02-13** 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) Souki excused (1). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 02-16-18 2:00PM in House conference room 308.
- **2018-02-16** The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Cachola, Fukumoto, Gates, Holt, Keohokalole, Kobayashi, Lowen, Todd, Yamashita, Tupola, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) DeCoite, Nakamura. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-21** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 798-18), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2018-02-21** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Yamane excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2018-03-01** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 28). `introduction`
- **2018-03-01** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-03-01** Referred to TRE, WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-13** The committee(s) on TRE has scheduled a public hearing on 03-16-18 1:20PM in conference room 225.
- **2018-03-16** The committee(s) on TRE recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in TRE were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Espero, Shimabukuro; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) English, Harimoto. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-23** Reported from TRE (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3140) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.
- **2018-03-23** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
- **2018-03-28** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-03-18 10:00AM in conference room 211.
- **2018-04-03** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 9 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, English, Galuteria, Inouye, K. Kahele, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Harimoto, Kidani. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-06** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3545) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).
- **2018-04-06** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-10-18.
- **2018-04-10** 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`
- **2018-04-10** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 666) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2018-04-12** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
- **2018-04-13** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 608).
- **2018-04-16** House Conferees Appointed: C. Lee, Evans, Lowen Co-Chairs; McDermott.
- **2018-04-16** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 609).
- **2018-04-24** Senate Conferees Appointed: Inouye Chair; Galuteria, Espero Co-Chairs.
- **2018-04-24** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 831).
- **2018-05-01** House Conferee(s) discharged.
- **2018-05-01** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-12-18.
- **2018-05-03** Received notice of change in conferees (Hse. Com. No. 700).
- **2018-05-03** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 702).
- **2018-05-03** House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
- **2018-05-03** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
- **2018-05-03** Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 706).
- **2018-05-03** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2018-06-13** Act 037, on 06/07/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1137). `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-13** Act 037, 06/07/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1137). `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fac482f4-9ced-4158-b9c6-7903868ecfe9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).