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Bill RELATING TO THE HAWAII STATE ENERGY OFFICE. Establishes the Hawaii State Energy Office and Chief Energy Officer position in Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism (DBEDT). Repeals Director of DBEDT's function as Energy Resources Coordinator and Renewable Energy Facilitator. Transfers Coordinator, Facilitator, and existing DBEDT energy office employees and functions to the Office. Amends allowable uses and funding amount of the Energy Security Special Fund. Appropriates operating funds and establishes position ceilings for the Office. Appropriates funds for a carbon pricing study. (HB852 CD1) us/states/hi Hawaii Legislature 2019 Regular Session HB 852 Hawaii HB 852 (2019 Regular Session)
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Hawaii HB 852 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO THE HAWAII STATE ENERGY OFFICE.

Establishes the Hawaii State Energy Office and Chief Energy Officer position in Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism (DBEDT). Repeals Director of DBEDT's function as Energy Resources Coordinator and Renewable Energy Facilitator. Transfers Coordinator, Facilitator, and existing DBEDT energy office employees and functions to the Office. Amends allowable uses and funding amount of the Energy Security Special Fund. Appropriates operating funds and establishes position ceilings for the Office. Appropriates funds for a carbon pricing study. (HB852 CD1)

Version chain

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

  1. HB852 (committee substitute) — source
  2. HB852_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. HB852_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. HB852_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • The committees on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 70 (pass) · lower
  • The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 30 (pass) · lower
  • The committee(s) on EET recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 40 (pass) · upper
  • The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 30 (pass) · upper
  • The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 90 (pass) · upper
  • The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 140 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • LOWEN — primary (person)
  • LUKE — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-01-22 Pending introduction.
  • 2019-01-24 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
  • 2019-01-28 Referred to EEP, FIN, referral sheet 6 referral-committee
  • 2019-02-08 Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Thursday, 02-14-19 8:30AM in House conference room 325.
  • 2019-02-14 The committees on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Wildberger, Tarnas, Todd, Yamane, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Har; Noes: none; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-02-15 Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 635) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
  • 2019-02-15 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) Aquino, DeCoite, Nakamura, Quinlan, Thielen excused (5). reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2019-02-20 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Monday, 02-25-19 2:30PM in House conference room 308.
  • 2019-02-25 The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Todd, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Wildberger. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-03-01 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1044), 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. 229). introduction
  • 2019-03-05 Passed First Reading. reading-1
  • 2019-03-05 Referred to EET, WAM. 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.
  • 2019-03-11 The committee on EET deferred the measure.
  • 2019-04-01 Re-Referred to EET/WAM.
  • 2019-04-02 The committee(s) on EET/WAM has scheduled a public hearing on 04-04-19 1:30PM in conference room 211.
  • 2019-04-04 The committee(s) on EET recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EET were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, J.Keohokalole; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Taniguchi, Inouye ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-04-04 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, K. Kahele, Kanuha, Riviere, Shimabukuro; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Inouye, Moriwaki, Taniguchi ; 0 No(es): none; and 4 Excused: Senator(s) English, Harimoto, Kidani, Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-04-05 Reported from EET/WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1899) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
  • 2019-04-05 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
  • 2019-04-05 48 Hrs. Notice 04-09-19.
  • 2019-04-09 Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) English, Harimoto, Ihara, Inouye, Kim, Moriwaki, Ruderman. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
  • 2019-04-09 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 791) in amended form (SD 1).
  • 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, Luke Co-Chairs; Thielen.
  • 2019-04-15 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 808).
  • 2019-04-22 Senate Conferees Appointed: Wakai Chair; Dela Cruz Co-Chair; 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 4:33PM in conference room 224.
  • 2019-04-23 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Luke, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
  • 2019-04-23 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) Wakai, Dela Cruz; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fevella ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-04-26 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 118) 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. 118).
  • 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; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ichiyama excused (1).
  • 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.
  • 2019-06-25 Act 122, on 06/21/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1224). executive-signature
  • 2019-06-25 Act 122, 06/21/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1224). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/be620635-c7fe-4805-83c2-1a4a2c1e84b1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).