HB 2407 Hawaii House · 2024 Regular Session

RELATING TO WILDFIRE RISK MITIGATION.

Summary

Creates a process for electric utilities to develop and submit wildfire protection plans to the Public Utilities Commission for approval and allow the recovery of related costs and expenses through securitization, while avoiding a disproportionate impact on a specific ratepayer or county. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2024

Committee Review

Mar 2024

House Passage

Mar 2024

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 22, 2024 Last action Mar 7, 2024

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 7, 2024

Committee

Referred to PSM, CPN/WAM.

upper

Mar 5, 2024

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 137).

upper

Mar 1, 2024

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Poepoe voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Amato voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Quinlan, Woodson excused (3). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Feb 26, 2024

Lower · Passed

The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kila, Lamosao, Morikawa, Nishimoto, Takenouchi, Alcos, Ward; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Kobayashi, Poepoe; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.

lower

Feb 16, 2024

Committee

Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Aiu, Garrett, Perruso, Takayama, Todd excused (5).

lower

Feb 16, 2024

Committee

Reported from CPC/JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 620-24) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 15, 2024

Lower · Passed

The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Evslin, Ganaden, Holt, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Kong, Miyake, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Takayama.

lower

Feb 15, 2024

Lower · Passed

The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Nakashima, Sayama, Belatti, Hashem, Lowen, Onishi, Tam, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Amato; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Hussey-Burdick, Gates.

lower

Feb 8, 2024

Committee

Reported from WAL/EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 190-24) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC/JHA.

lower

Feb 6, 2024

Lower · Passed

The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Cochran, Kahaloa, Perruso, Woodson; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Gates, Ward.

lower

Feb 6, 2024

Lower · Passed

The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Poepoe, Chun, Ganaden, Hashem, M. Mizuno, Morikawa, Takayama, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Jan 29, 2024

Committee

Re-referred to WAL/EEP, CPC/JHA, FIN, referral sheet 5

lower

Jan 26, 2024

Committee

Referred to WAL/EEP, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 3

lower

Jan 24, 2024

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 22, 2024

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors