HB 1182 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY.

Summary

Grants the Public Utilities Commission the ability to authorize preferential rates for the purchase of renewable energy from facilities that meet certain prevailing wage requirements. Requires public utilities to forward certain requests for preferential rates to the PUC for approval. Appropriates funds. Effective 07/01/3000. (HD1)

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 22, 2025 Last action Dec 8, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB1182 → HB1182_HD1 · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to reflect its status as a House Draft (HD1) with updated metadata. The most significant substantive change is the effective date, which was moved from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 3000, likely indicating a placeholder or a deliberate delay in implementation. Minor formatting adjustments were made to the header and section text.

Scope change

The bill's scope regarding renewable energy incentives and prevailing wage requirements remains unchanged, but the applicability of these provisions is now deferred indefinitely due to the new effective date.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the Act was changed from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 3000, significantly delaying when the bill's requirements and funding provisions go into effect.

TECHNICAL

The bill title was updated to include 'HD1', and metadata fields such as document version numbers and dates were updated to reflect the House Draft status.

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Committee

Feb 4, 2025

Committee

Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 133) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.

lower

Jan 30, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Sayama, Lee, M., Garrett; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Kapela; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Kong, Reyes Oda; and Excused: none.

lower

Jan 27, 2025

Committee

Referred to LAB, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 4

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 22, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

4 primary · 1 co-sponsor