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type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS."
description: "Extends the sunset date of Act 65, Session Laws of Hawaii 2013, which provides a limited exemption to the licensing requirements for certain individuals in situations when an electric utility must retain qualified individuals to work with high voltage (600 volts or higher) who are not licensed in the State but are otherwise deemed qualified by the electric utility. Requires the board of electricians and plumbers to submit reports to the legislature regarding high voltage electrical contractors. Takes effect on 6/29/2018. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2018 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 2297"
citation: "Hawaii SB 2297 (2018 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electrical Contractors", "Licensing", "Exemptions", "High Voltage"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BAKER", "English", "Galuteria", "INOUYE", "Nishihara"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 52
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-01-19"
last_action: "2018-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a372f75c-89a6-464c-a1bb-d0215a1976c6"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2297&year=2018"
source_hash: "a3aedf40a76e9f7628b93284bab3e2f9adeaefe6d93857aa247a3279acdc2817"
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 2297 (2018 Regular Session) — RELATING TO ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS.
Extends the sunset date of Act 65, Session Laws of Hawaii 2013, which provides a limited exemption to the licensing requirements for certain individuals in situations when an electric utility must retain qualified individuals to work with high voltage (600 volts or higher) who are not licensed in the State but are otherwise deemed qualified by the electric utility. Requires the board of electricians and plumbers to submit reports to the legislature regarding high voltage electrical contractors. Takes effect on 6/29/2018. (CD1)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **SB2297** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/SB2297_.HTM)
2. **SB2297_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/SB2297_CD1_.HTM)
3. **SB2297_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/SB2297_HD1_.HTM)
## Votes
- The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on TRE recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- The committees on IAC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on LBR recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- The committees on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **4–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- BAKER — primary (person)
- English — primary (person)
- Galuteria — primary (person)
- INOUYE — primary (person)
- Nishihara — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-01-19** Introduced. `introduction`
- **2018-01-22** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** Referred to LBR/TRE, CPH. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-06** The committee(s) on LBR/TRE has scheduled a public hearing on 02-09-18 1:15PM in conference room 225.
- **2018-02-09** The committee(s) on LBR recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in LBR were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Tokuda, English, S. Chang, Ihara, Taniguchi; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-09** The committee(s) on TRE recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in TRE were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Espero, English, Harimoto, Shimabukuro; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14** Reported from LBR/TRE (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2304) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to CPH.
- **2018-02-14** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to CPH.
- **2018-02-20** The committee(s) on CPH will hold a public decision making on 02-23-18 11:00AM in conference room 229.
- **2018-02-23** The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in CPH were as follows: 6 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Tokuda, S. Chang, Espero, Ihara, Nishihara; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Ruderman. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-01** Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2575) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-01** One Day Notice 03-02-18.
- **2018-03-02** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Green). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2018-03-02** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 44). `introduction`
- **2018-03-06** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-03-08** Referred to LAB, IAC, CPC, referral sheet 35 `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-08** Bill scheduled to be heard by LAB on Tuesday, 03-13-18 10:30AM in House conference room 309.
- **2018-03-13** The committees on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Holt, Evans, Ichiyama, Yamashita, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Keohokalole. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-16** Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1166-18) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to IAC.
- **2018-03-16** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on IAC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite, Fukumoto, Har, Holt, Nakashima, Souki, Tokioka excused (7). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-16** Bill scheduled to be heard by IAC on Wednesday, 03-21-18 9:00AM in House conference room 429.
- **2018-03-21** The committees on IAC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Ohno, Choy, Cachola, Onishi, Woodson; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Tokioka; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Fukumoto, Ito, LoPresti, Ward. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-23** Reported from IAC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1432-18) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to CPC.
- **2018-03-23** Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on CPC as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) C. Lee, Lowen, McDermott, Souki, Tokioka excused (5).
- **2018-03-23** Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Wednesday, 03-28-18 2:00PM in House conference room 329.
- **2018-03-28** The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Ichiyama, Aquino, Ito, Johanson, LoPresti, Mizuno, Say, Yamane, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Tokioka. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1754-18), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2018-04-03** Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Har, Tokioka voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) C. Lee excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2018-04-04** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 401). `introduction`
- **2018-04-04** Senate disagrees with House amendments.
- **2018-04-04** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 486).
- **2018-04-16** House Conferees Appointed: Johanson, Ohno, Takumi Co-Chairs; Ichiyama, Ito, Ward.
- **2018-04-16** Senate Conferees Appointed: Tokuda Chair; Inouye, Baker Co-Chairs.
- **2018-04-16** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 610).
- **2018-04-16** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 786).
- **2018-04-20** Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-23-18 9:30AM in conference room 329.
- **2018-04-23** Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Tuesday 04-24-18 10:00AM in conference room 329.
- **2018-04-24** Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-25-18 9:30AM in conference room 329.
- **2018-04-25** Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-26-18 9:30AM in conference room 329.
- **2018-04-26** The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Tokuda, Inouye, Baker; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-26** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Ohno, Takumi, Ichiyama; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ito, Ward.
- **2018-04-26** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 64-18).
- **2018-04-26** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-18.
- **2018-04-26** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 64-18) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2018-04-26** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday 05-01-18.
- **2018-05-01** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
- **2018-05-01** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
- **2018-05-01** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 849).
- **2018-05-03** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 705).
- **2018-05-03** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-29** Act 060, on 06/27/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1161). `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-29** Act 060, 06/27/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1161). `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a372f75c-89a6-464c-a1bb-d0215a1976c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).
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