SB 2561 Hawaii Senate · 2020 Regular Session

RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION.

Summary

Requires retailers of household appliances to conspicuously display on certain household appliances that appear in the retailer's showroom floor available energy efficiency rebates funded by the public benefits fee and Hawaii-specific energy operation costs based on a statewide average residential electricity cost for the prior calendar year. Requires the public benefits fee administrator to provide a template for the signage or text containing the information to retailers no later than 7/1/2021 and to update the signage or text at least once every five years. Effective 10/1/2020. (HD1)

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2020

Committee Review

Jul 2020

Senate Passage

Feb 2020

House Passage

Jul 2020

Governor

Introduced Jan 17, 2020 Last action Jul 8, 2020

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Jul 8, 2020

Introduced

Senate disagrees with House amendments.

upper

Jul 6, 2020

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 402).

upper

Jul 6, 2020

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Kong voting no (1) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Jul 6, 2020

Committee

Re-referred to EDB/EEP, referral sheet 54

lower

Jun 25, 2020

Committee

Reported from EDB/EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1218-20) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.

lower

Jun 22, 2020

Lower · Passed

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.

lower

Jun 22, 2020

Lower · Passed

The committees on EDB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) McKelvey, Kitagawa, Eli, Ichiyama, Johanson, Quinlan, Yamashita, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Mar 9, 2020

Committee

Referred to EDB/EEP, CPC, referral sheet 36

lower

Feb 28, 2020

Introduced

Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 41).

lower

Feb 28, 2020

Upper · Passed

Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 2 (Senator(s) Gabbard, Ihara). Transmitted to House.

upper

Feb 20, 2020

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in CPH were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, S. Chang, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) Nishihara, Ruderman, L. Thielen.

upper

Feb 14, 2020

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on CPH will hold a public decision making on 02-20-20 10:00AM in conference room 229.

upper

Feb 11, 2020

Committee

Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to CPH.

upper

Feb 11, 2020

Committee

Reported from EET (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2471) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to CPH.

upper

Jan 31, 2020

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EET recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in EET were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Taniguchi, J.Keohokalole; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Inouye, Fevella.

upper

Jan 27, 2020

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EET has scheduled a public hearing on 01-31-20 2:55PM in conference room 414.

upper

Jan 23, 2020

Committee

Referred to EET, CPH.

upper

Jan 17, 2020

Introduced

Introduced.

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3 primary · 0 co-sponsors