HB 366 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY.

Summary

Requires contested cases, environmental assessment cases, or environmental impact statement cases involving renewable energy projects over twenty megawatts in size, except cases that involve any form of incineration, to be appealed from an agency's decision directly to the Hawaii Supreme Court for final decision. Requires the cases to be prioritized and decided expeditiously. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Issues: ✓ Energy ✓ Environment

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 16, 2025 Last action Dec 8, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB366 → HB366_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was renumbered from HB366 to HD1 and updated with new metadata, including a future effective date of July 1, 3000. The core policy text was consolidated to clarify that renewable energy projects over 20 megawatts must be appealed directly to the Hawaii Supreme Court and prioritized for expedited decisions, removing previous separate sections that listed these requirements.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on renewable energy projects over 20 megawatts, excluding incineration projects, but the text was streamlined to combine previously separate findings and purposes into a single coherent statement.

TIMELINE

The effective date was changed from 'upon approval' to a specific future date of July 1, 3000.

REQUIREMENT

The legislative findings and purpose sections were merged and rephrased to explicitly state that qualifying cases must be appealed directly to the Supreme Court and decided expeditiously.

TECHNICAL

The bill number was changed from HB366 to HD1, and various metadata fields such as author names and timestamps were updated.

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Committee

Feb 4, 2025

Committee

Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 97) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

lower

Jan 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Perruso, Kahaloa, Kusch; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Quinlan; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to EEP, JHA, CPC, referral sheet 1

lower

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 16, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

9 primary · 0 co-sponsors