republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2019-regular-session/hb-401.md

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Bill	RELATING TO CONTRACTING FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES.	Requires all public agencies to identify and evaluate vehicle fleet energy efficiency programs to be implemented using vehicle fleet performance contracts, whereby the agencies may contract for the provision of vehicles or associated capital investments in charging or fueling infrastructure and apply vehicle fleet operational and fuel cost savings toward the cost. Amends the definition of "energy performance contract" to include the provision of electric vehicle charging infrastructure for a portion of avoided vehicle maintenance or fuel costs pursuant to a vehicle fleet energy efficiency program. (HB401 CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2019 Regular Session	HB 401	Hawaii HB 401 (2019 Regular Session)	bill	Vehicles Energy Efficiency Performance Contracts	enacted	AQUINO BROWER ELI GATES HASHIMOTO HOLT MATAYOSHI MCDERMOTT TARNAS TODD	4	49	7	2019-01-18	2019-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/3e5e1881-b3fa-4398-bea9-0aeba436bb18	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=401&year=2019	38361bc0b564d52c8895a256cf2164092bd2b00769dd5ca82567c7f721a05c22	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 401 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO CONTRACTING FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES.

Requires all public agencies to identify and evaluate vehicle fleet energy efficiency programs to be implemented using vehicle fleet performance contracts, whereby the agencies may contract for the provision of vehicles or associated capital investments in charging or fueling infrastructure and apply vehicle fleet operational and fuel cost savings toward the cost. Amends the definition of "energy performance contract" to include the provision of electric vehicle charging infrastructure for a portion of avoided vehicle maintenance or fuel costs pursuant to a vehicle fleet energy efficiency program. (HB401 CD1)

Version chain

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

1. HB401 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB401_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB401_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB401_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 4–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on EET recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–0 (pass) · upper
• The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• The committees on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 11–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• AQUINO — primary (person)
• BROWER — primary (person)
• ELI — primary (person)
• GATES — primary (person)
• HASHIMOTO — primary (person)
• HOLT — primary (person)
• MATAYOSHI — primary (person)
• MCDERMOTT — primary (person)
• TARNAS — primary (person)
• TODD — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-18 Pending introduction.
• 2019-01-22 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
• 2019-01-22 Referred to EEP, FIN, referral sheet 3 referral-committee
• 2019-02-01 Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Tuesday, 02-05-19 8:45AM in House conference room 325.
• 2019-02-05 The committees on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Wildberger, Har, Tarnas, Todd, Yamane; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Thielen. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-12 Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 303) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
• 2019-02-12 Deferred one day 02-13-19.
• 2019-02-13 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) Holt, McDermott, Nakamura, Ward excused (4). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2019-02-28 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 02-28-19 2:05PM in House conference room 308.
• 2019-02-28 The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Todd, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-01 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1054), recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2019-03-01 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2019-03-05 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 172). introduction
• 2019-03-05 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2019-03-05 Referred to EET/GVO, WAM. referral-committee
• 2019-03-12 The committee(s) on EET/GVO has scheduled a public hearing on 03-15-19 2:50PM in conference room 414.
• 2019-03-15 The committee(s) on EET recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EET were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Taniguchi, J.Keohokalole; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Inouye, Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-15 The committee(s) on GVO deferred the measure until 03-19-19 2:55PM in conference room 225.
• 2019-03-19 The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in GVO were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) L. Thielen, Inouye, Baker, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-22 Reported from EET/GVO (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1399) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
• 2019-03-22 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
• 2019-04-03 The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-05-19 10:15AM in conference room 211.
• 2019-04-05 The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 11 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, Harimoto, K. Kahele, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) English, Inouye. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-05 Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2048) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
• 2019-04-05 48 Hrs. Notice 04-09-19.
• 2019-04-09 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2019-04-09 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 727) in amended form (SD 2).
• 2019-04-11 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
• 2019-04-12 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 804).
• 2019-04-15 House Conferees Appointed: Lowen, Nishimoto Co-Chairs; Wildberger, Thielen.
• 2019-04-15 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 808).
• 2019-04-22 Senate Conferees Appointed: Wakai Chair; L. Thielen, Kanuha Co-Chairs; Inouye, Fevella.
• 2019-04-22 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 950).
• 2019-04-23 Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Wednesday, 04-24-19 4:36PM in conference room 224.
• 2019-04-24 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-25-19 4:36PM in conference room 224.
• 2019-04-25 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-26-19 12:15PM in conference room 224.
• 2019-04-26 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Nishimoto, Wildberger, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
• 2019-04-26 The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, L. Thielen, Kanuha, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Inouye. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-26 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 119) as amended in (CD 1).
• 2019-04-26 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-30-19.
• 2019-04-26 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 119).
• 2019-04-26 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-19.
• 2019-04-30 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) DeCoite, Har, Kong, Tokioka voting no (4) and none excused (0).
• 2019-04-30 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
• 2019-05-01 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 968).
• 2019-05-02 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 883).
• 2019-05-01 Transmitted to Governor.
• 2019-07-01 Act 144, on 06/26/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1246). executive-signature
• 2019-07-01 Act 144, 06/26/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1246). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3e5e1881-b3fa-4398-bea9-0aeba436bb18. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).