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Bill AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS FOR MELE ASSOCIATES, INC., A RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPER SERVING THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN PROVIDING ELECTRIC ENERGY. Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to Mele Associates, Inc., a renewable energy developer, for the provision of electric energy and installation of renewable energy projects in Hawaii. (SB988 HD2) us/states/hi Hawaii Legislature 2019 Regular Session SB 988 Hawaii SB 988 (2019 Regular Session)
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Hawaii SB 988 (2019 Regular Session) — AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS FOR MELE ASSOCIATES, INC., A RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPER SERVING THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN PROVIDING ELECTRIC ENERGY.

Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to Mele Associates, Inc., a renewable energy developer, for the provision of electric energy and installation of renewable energy projects in Hawaii. (SB988 HD2)

Version chain

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

  1. SB988 (committee substitute) — source
  2. SB988_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. SB988_HD2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • The committees on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 61 (pass) · lower
  • The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 120 (pass) · upper
  • The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 140 (pass) · lower
  • The committee(s) on EET recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 40 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • WAKAI — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-01-18 Introduced. introduction
  • 2019-01-22 Passed First Reading. reading-1
  • 2019-01-24 Referred to EET, WAM. referral-committee
  • 2019-01-29 The committee(s) on EET has scheduled a public hearing on 02-01-19 3:00PM in conference room 414.
  • 2019-02-01 The committee(s) on EET recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in EET were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Taniguchi, J.Keohokalole, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Inouye. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-02-11 Reported from EET (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 158) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.
  • 2019-02-11 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
  • 2019-02-26 The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-28-19 10:30AM in conference room 211.
  • 2019-02-28 The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 12 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, English, Harimoto, Inouye, K. Kahele, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-03-01 Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1045) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).
  • 2019-03-01 48 Hrs. Notice 03-05-19.
  • 2019-03-05 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
  • 2019-03-05 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 319) in amended form (SD 1). introduction
  • 2019-03-07 Pass First Reading reading-1
  • 2019-03-07 Referred to EEP, FIN, referral sheet 27 referral-committee
  • 2019-03-11 Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Thursday, 03-14-19 8:35AM in House conference room 325.
  • 2019-03-14 The committees on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Wildberger, Har, Todd, Yamane; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Tarnas; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Thielen; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-03-20 Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1461) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
  • 2019-03-20 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Thielen voting no (1) and Representative(s) Belatti, Yamane excused (2). reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2019-03-25 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 03-27-19 2:30PM in House conference room 308.
  • 2019-03-27 The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Todd, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Holt. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-04-03 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1992) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
  • 2019-04-03 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Friday, 04-05-19.
  • 2019-04-05 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Eli, Mizuno, Nishimoto excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. passage
  • 2019-04-09 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 679). introduction
  • 2019-04-09 Senate disagrees with House amendments.
  • 2019-04-09 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 885).
  • 2019-04-17 Reconsideration of action taken on 04-09-19 in disagreeing to the House amendments.
  • 2019-04-17 Senate agrees with House amendments. Placed on the calendar for Final Reading on 04-18-19.
  • 2019-04-17 One Day Notice 04-18-19.
  • 2019-04-18 Passed Final Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
  • 2019-04-18 Received notice of reconsideration, Senate agreement, and Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 915).
  • 2019-04-18 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
  • 2019-07-03 Act 160, on 06/27/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1262). executive-signature
  • 2019-07-03 Act 160, 06/27/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1262). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/13e99339-948d-4fc1-95b2-0bd68c06ac82. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).