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Bill	RELATING TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY.	Requires the department of business, economic development, and tourism to adopt minimum appliance efficiency standards for certain products sold or installed in the State that are substantially equivalent to existing appliance efficiency standards established in California and by the federal government. (HB556 CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2019 Regular Session	HB 556	Hawaii HB 556 (2019 Regular Session)	bill	Appliance Efficiency Standards Energy Efficiency Rules	enacted	B. KOBAYASHI BROWER C. LEE CACHOLA DECOITE GATES ICHIYAMA JOHANSON LOWEN NAKAMURA OHNO PERRUSO QUINLAN SAIKI TAKUMI TARNAS THIELEN TODD WILDBERGER YAMANE	4	50	7	2019-01-18	2019-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/ad03f1e7-f186-43ca-adfc-7775ba7c0888	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=556&year=2019	06f6199cb5b577a7bdcaa008be39c51dc6e138e66c02b63f95e8a3c937e7a93f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 556 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY.

Requires the department of business, economic development, and tourism to adopt minimum appliance efficiency standards for certain products sold or installed in the State that are substantially equivalent to existing appliance efficiency standards established in California and by the federal government. (HB556 CD1)

Version chain

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

1. HB556 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB556_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB556_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB556_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• The committees on EDB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on EET recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–0 (pass) · upper
• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 4–0 (pass) · lower
• The committees on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 6–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• B. KOBAYASHI — primary (person)
• BROWER — primary (person)
• C. LEE — primary (person)
• CACHOLA — primary (person)
• DECOITE — primary (person)
• GATES — primary (person)
• ICHIYAMA — primary (person)
• JOHANSON — primary (person)
• LOWEN — primary (person)
• NAKAMURA — primary (person)
• OHNO — primary (person)
• PERRUSO — primary (person)
• QUINLAN — primary (person)
• SAIKI — primary (person)
• TAKUMI — primary (person)
• TARNAS — primary (person)
• THIELEN — primary (person)
• TODD — primary (person)
• WILDBERGER — primary (person)
• YAMANE — 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/EDB, CPC, referral sheet 4 referral-committee
• 2019-02-04 Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP/EDB on Thursday, 02-07-19 8:40AM in House conference room 325.
• 2019-02-07 The committees on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Wildberger, Tarnas, Todd, Yamane; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Har; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Thielen. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-07 The committees on EDB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) McKelvey, Kitagawa, Eli, Johanson, Quinlan, Yamashita, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-14 Reported from EEP/EDB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 396) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
• 2019-02-14 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Aquino, Nakamura excused (2). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2019-02-15 Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Wednesday, 02-20-19 2:00PM in House conference room 329.
• 2019-02-20 The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Ichiyama, Aquino, Belatti, Cachola, Har, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Kong, Onishi; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cabanilla Arakawa, Mizuno. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-28 Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 876), recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2019-02-28 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Kong, Okimoto voting no (2) and Representative(s) DeCoite excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2019-03-01 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 57). introduction
• 2019-03-01 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2019-03-05 Referred to EET, CPH. referral-committee
• 2019-03-07 The committee(s) on EET has scheduled a public hearing on 03-11-19 2:45PM in conference room 414.
• 2019-03-07 The committee(s) on EET deleted the measure from the public hearing scheduled on 03-11-19 2:45PM in conference room 414.
• 2019-03-08 The committee(s) on EET has scheduled a public hearing on 03-13-19 2:45PM in conference room 414.
• 2019-03-13 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, J.Keohokalole, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Taniguchi, Inouye. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-22 Reported from EET (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1385) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPH.
• 2019-03-22 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPH.
• 2019-03-22 The committee(s) on CPH will hold a public decision making on 03-28-19 9:30AM in conference room 229.
• 2019-03-28 The committee(s) on CPH deferred the measure until 03-29-19 10:00AM in conference room 229.
• 2019-03-29 The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPH were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, S. Chang, J.Keohokalole, Nishihara, Ruderman; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) L. Thielen, Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-04 Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1863) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
• 2019-04-04 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. 756) 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).
• 2019-04-17 House Conferees Appointed: Lowen, McKelvey, Takumi Co-Chairs; Thielen.
• 2019-04-18 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 814).
• 2019-04-22 Senate Conferees Appointed: Wakai Chair; Baker, Taniguchi Co-Chairs; Fevella.
• 2019-04-22 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 948).
• 2019-04-22 Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Tuesday, 04-23-19 4:30PM in conference room 224.
• 2019-04-23 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-24-19 4:30PM in conference room 224.
• 2019-04-24 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-25-19 4:30PM in conference room 224.
• 2019-04-25 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, McKelvey, Takumi, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
• 2019-04-25 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, Baker, Taniguchi, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-25 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 47) as amended in (CD 1).
• 2019-04-25 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-30-19.
• 2019-04-25 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 47).
• 2019-04-25 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-19.
• 2019-04-30 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
• 2019-04-30 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Okimoto voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
• 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 141, on 06/26/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1243). executive-signature
• 2019-07-01 Act 141, 06/26/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1243). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ad03f1e7-f186-43ca-adfc-7775ba7c0888. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).