HB 733 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLE PARKING.

Summary

Removes the exemption that allowed owners of multiple parking facilities within the State to designate and electrify fewer parking spaces than required in one or more of the properties if the requirement for the total number of aggregate spaces on all of their owned properties was met. Authorizes the counties to adopt ordinances to regulate electric vehicle charging systems for places of public accommodation with fewer than one hundred parking spaces. 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 17, 2025 Last action Feb 12, 2025

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HB733 → HB733_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill removes a loophole that allowed property owners to meet electric vehicle charging requirements by spreading chargers across multiple properties instead of meeting them at each individual location. It also clarifies that county officials have the authority to regulate EV charging systems at smaller parking lots with fewer than 100 spaces, which was previously unclear.

Scope change

The bill expands county regulatory authority to include parking lots with fewer than 100 spaces and removes the ability to aggregate charging requirements across multiple properties.

REQUIREMENT

Eliminated the provision allowing property owners to meet EV charging requirements in aggregate across multiple properties instead of at each individual location.

ENFORCEMENT

Granted counties clear authority to regulate EV charging systems at places of public accommodation with fewer than 100 parking spaces.

DEFINITION

Clarified that the definition of 'place of public accommodation' remains consistent with existing state law (section 489-2).

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Committee

Feb 12, 2025

Committee

Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 504) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

lower

Feb 6, 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, Quinlan; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to EEP, JHA, referral sheet 2

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors