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Bill	RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT.	Prohibits, after 6/30/2020, the approval of a new or renewed power purchase agreement for electricity generated from coal. Prohibits, after 6/30/2020, the modification of a coal power purchase agreement that proposes to extend the term or increase the amount of generation that is allowed to be produced under the existing agreement. Prohibits, after 12/31/2022, the issuance or renewal of covered source air permits for coal-burning electricity generation facilities. (HD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2020 Regular Session	SB 2629	Hawaii SB 2629 (2020 Regular Session)	bill	Electricity Generation Coal Prohibition	enacted	BAKER J.KEOHOKALOLE K. RHOADS KEITH-AGARAN Kanuha NISHIHARA RUDERMAN Shimabukuro	5	39	6	2020-01-17	2020-09-15	openstates	ocd-bill/47008f3e-575e-47eb-a8e1-51bdeb7a5939	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2629&year=2020	5e221c7c5e3cf141743767cdf22591b6eeea74475506925799b84c109d3a9125	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii SB 2629 (2020 Regular Session) — RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT.

Prohibits, after 6/30/2020, the approval of a new or renewed power purchase agreement for electricity generated from coal. Prohibits, after 6/30/2020, the modification of a coal power purchase agreement that proposes to extend the term or increase the amount of generation that is allowed to be produced under the existing agreement. Prohibits, after 12/31/2022, the issuance or renewal of covered source air permits for coal-burning electricity generation facilities. (HD1)

Version chain

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

1. SB2629 (committee substitute) — source
2. SB2629_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. SB2629_HD1_PROPOSED (committee substitute) — source
4. SB2629_SD1 (committee substitute) — source
5. SB2629_SD2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• The committees on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 4–0 (pass) · lower
• The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 9–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• BAKER — primary (person)
• J.KEOHOKALOLE — primary (person)
• K. RHOADS — primary (person)
• KEITH-AGARAN — primary (person)
• Kanuha — primary (person)
• NISHIHARA — primary (person)
• RUDERMAN — primary (person)
• Shimabukuro — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-17 Introduced. introduction
• 2020-01-21 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2020-01-23 Referred to WTL/GVO, JDC. referral-committee
• 2020-01-29 Re-Referred to WTL/GVO, WAM/JDC.
• 2020-02-06 The committee(s) on WTL/GVO has scheduled a public hearing on 02-11-20 3:30PM in conference room 225.
• 2020-02-11 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, Kanuha, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Baker. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-11 The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WTL were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Kahele, Riviere, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Keith-Agaran, Nishihara. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-14 Reported from WTL/GVO (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2833) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM/JDC.
• 2020-02-14 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM/JDC.
• 2020-02-24 The committee(s) on WAM/JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-26-20 1:10PM in conference room 211.
• 2020-02-26 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, English, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 4 Excused: Senator(s) Harimoto, Inouye, K. Kahele, Taniguchi. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-26 The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Rhoads, J.Keohokalole, Kim, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-28 Reported from WAM/JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3152) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
• 2020-02-28 48 Hrs. Notice 03-03-20.
• 2020-03-03 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
• 2020-03-03 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 304) in amended form (SD 2). introduction
• 2020-03-05 Pass First Reading reading-1
• 2020-03-09 Referred to LAB/EEP, FIN, referral sheet 36 referral-committee
• 2020-03-10 Re-referred to EEP, FIN, referral sheet 38 referral-committee
• 2020-03-13 Proposed draft of Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Tuesday, 03-17-20 9:00AM in House conference room 325. Copy of proposed draft available at www.capitol.hawaii.gov.
• 2020-03-16 This measure has been deleted from the meeting scheduled on Tuesday 03-17-20 9:00AM in conference room 325.
• 2020-06-19 Proposed draft of Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Monday, 06-22-20 9:30AM in House conference room 325. Copy of proposed draft available at www.capitol.hawaii.gov.
• 2020-06-22 The committees on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Wildberger, Tarnas, Todd; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Har, Yamane, Thielen. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-24 Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1197-20) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
• 2020-06-24 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) McDermott, Okimoto, Ward voting no (3) and Representative(s) Cabanilla Arakawa, Matayoshi excused (2). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2020-06-26 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Monday, 06-29-20 2:00PM in House conference room 329.
• 2020-06-29 The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Todd, Wildberger, Yamashita; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Matayoshi, McDermott. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-07-01 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1250-20), recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2020-07-01 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Cabanilla Arakawa, Kong, McDermott, Okimoto, Ward voting no (5) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2020-07-02 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 373). introduction
• 2020-07-02 Deferred One Day 07-06-20.
• 2020-07-06 Deferred One Day 07-08-20.
• 2020-07-08 Senate agrees with House amendments. Placed on the calendar for Final Reading on 07-10-20.
• 2020-07-08 One Day Notice 07-10-20.
• 2020-07-10 Passed Final Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
• 2020-07-10 Received notice of Senate agreement and Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 632).
• 2020-07-13 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2020-09-15 Act 023, 09/15/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1128). executive-signature
• 2020-09-15 Act 023, on 09/15/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1128). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/47008f3e-575e-47eb-a8e1-51bdeb7a5939. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).