republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2023-regular-session/sb-691.md

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Bill	RELATING TO EFFICIENCY STANDARDS.	Allows the chief energy officer of the Hawaii state energy office to enforce minimum efficiency standards and adopt or amend efficiency standards. Sets minimum efficiency standards for portable electric spas, residential ventilating fans, toilets, urinals, and water coolers. Allows manufacturers to utilize the Home Ventilating Institute's certified products directory certification program to meet certain standards. Effective 6/30/2023. (CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2023 Regular Session	SB 691	Hawaii SB 691 (2023 Regular Session)	bill	Appliances Chief Energy Officer Hawaii State Energy Office Minimum Efficiency Standards	enacted	CHANG DECOITE KEITH-AGARAN KEOHOKALOLE MCKELVEY RHOADS SHIMABUKURO	6	50	6	2023-01-20	2023-07-05	openstates	ocd-bill/216a6148-3645-4586-9309-ca26ed008c9f	https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=691&year=2023	3ac2ab45217b0d67eec14695439ff79907133c7ef0bd62cb44d05cdb6604532c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii SB 691 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO EFFICIENCY STANDARDS.

Allows the chief energy officer of the Hawaii state energy office to enforce minimum efficiency standards and adopt or amend efficiency standards. Sets minimum efficiency standards for portable electric spas, residential ventilating fans, toilets, urinals, and water coolers. Allows manufacturers to utilize the Home Ventilating Institute's certified products directory certification program to meet certain standards. Effective 6/30/2023. (CD1)

Version chain

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

1. SB691 (committee substitute) — source
2. SB691_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. SB691_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
4. SB691_HD2 (committee substitute) — source
5. SB691_SD1 (committee substitute) — source
6. SB691_SD2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 2–0 (pass) · upper
• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 4–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 9–1 (pass) · lower
• The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 5–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on EET recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• CHANG — primary (person)
• DECOITE — primary (person)
• KEITH-AGARAN — primary (person)
• KEOHOKALOLE — primary (person)
• MCKELVEY — primary (person)
• RHOADS — primary (person)
• SHIMABUKURO — primary (person)
• Ihara — cosponsor (person)
• Kim — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-07-05 Act 224, 07/05/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1327). became-law
• 2023-07-05 Act 224, on 07/05/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1327). became-law
• 2023-05-03 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2023-05-04 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 900). receipt
• 2023-05-02 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 993). receipt
• 2023-05-02 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Kong voting no (1) and none excused (0). passage
• 2023-05-02 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 0 (none). passage
• 2023-04-27 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 05-02-23.
• 2023-04-27 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 25) as amended in (CD 1).
• 2023-04-27 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-02-23.
• 2023-04-27 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 25).
• 2023-04-26 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Nakashima, Cochran, Hussey-Burdick; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.
• 2023-04-26 The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Keohokalole; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Kanuha. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-24 Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Wednesday, 04-26-23 10:35AM in conference room 325.
• 2023-04-21 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 829). receipt
• 2023-04-20 House Conferees Appointed: Lowen, Nakashima Co-Chairs; Cochran, Hussey-Burdick, Ward.
• 2023-04-18 Senate Conferees Appointed: DeCoite Chair; Keohokalole Co-Chair; Kanuha.
• 2023-04-18 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 901). receipt
• 2023-04-11 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 882). receipt
• 2023-04-11 Senate disagrees with House amendments. amendment-failure
• 2023-04-11 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 690). introduction, receipt
• 2023-04-06 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Nishimoto excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2023-04-05 Deferred one day 04-06-23. deferral
• 2023-04-03 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-05-23.
• 2023-04-03 Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1890) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2023-03-30 The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Nakashima, Sayama, Amato, Hashem, Hussey-Burdick, Gates, Lowen, Onishi, Tam; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Pierick; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-28 Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Thursday, 03-30-23 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2023-03-22 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) Kitagawa excused (1). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-03-22 Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1421) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
• 2023-03-16 The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Cochran, Kahaloa, Woodson, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Gates, Perruso. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-14 Bill scheduled for decision making on Thursday, 03-16-23 9:35AM in conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2023-03-14 The committee(s) on EEP recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 03-16-23. deferral
• 2023-03-10 Bill re-scheduled to be heard by EEP on Tuesday, 03-14-23 9:30AM in conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2023-03-10 Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Tuesday, 03-14-23 9:00AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2023-03-09 Referred to EEP, CPC, referral sheet 17 referral-committee
• 2023-03-09 Pass First Reading reading-1
• 2023-03-07 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 230) in amended form (SD 2). introduction, receipt
• 2023-03-07 Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2023-03-03 48 Hrs. Notice 03-07-23.
• 2023-03-03 Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1074) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
• 2023-02-23 The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, Richards; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) McKelvey. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-21 The committee(s) on CPN deferred the measure until 02-23-23 9:35AM; Conference Room 229. deferral
• 2023-02-17 The committee(s) on CPN will hold a public decision making on 02-21-23 10:00AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
• 2023-02-17 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-02-17 Reported from EET (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 536) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN.
• 2023-02-14 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) DeCoite, Wakai, Kim; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Fukunaga, Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-10 The committee(s) on EET has scheduled a public hearing on 02-14-23 1:02PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
• 2023-01-25 Referred to EET, CPN. referral-committee
• 2023-01-23 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2023-01-20 Introduced. introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/216a6148-3645-4586-9309-ca26ed008c9f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).