HCR 70 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO FACILITATE AND ACCELERATE THE ADOPTION OF SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUELS TO DECARBONIZE HAWAIʻI'S TRANSPORTATION SECTOR AND SUPPORT THE STATE'S CLIMATE GOALS.

HCR 70 is a non-binding legislative resolution requesting Hawaii's Department of Transportation (DOT) to accelerate the adoption of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) in the state's aviation sector. It directs the DOT to collaborate with airlines, fuel producers, and the Hawaii State Energy Office to develop policies, incentives, and infrastructure for SAF use. The resolution ties this effort to Hawaii's climate goals, including achieving net-zero emissions by 2045 and implementing the Navahine v. DOT settlement plan. The DOT must report progress on these efforts to the Legislature by 2026.

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

Governor

Introduced Mar 7, 2025 Last action Apr 21, 2025

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MODERATE

The bill underwent significant formatting and structural changes, transitioning from a traditional legislative document format to a modern digital template with metadata headers. The substantive policy content remains largely the same, requesting the Department of Transportation to accelerate sustainable aviation fuel adoption to meet Hawaii's climate goals. One notable substantive change is the addition of a specific emissions target (50% below 2005 levels by 2030) that was not explicitly stated in the original version.

TECHNICAL

Added extensive metadata headers including document version numbers, timestamps, and template identifiers that were not present in the original version

Changed document structure from traditional page-based formatting to a digital template format with metadata at the top

Replaced traditional page numbers and formatting markers with digital document metadata and headers

REQUIREMENT

Added specific emissions target language stating Hawaii's goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50% below 2005 levels by 2030

Floor votes

How they voted

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

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Key actions

Committee

Apr 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

Resolution adopted in final form.

lower

Apr 21, 2025

Upper · Passed

Report and Resolution Adopted. Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte). Transmitted to House.

upper

Apr 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from TCA/EIG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1931) with recommendation of adoption.

upper

Apr 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EIG recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in EIG were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Chang, Richards; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) DeCoite, Fevella ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Apr 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in TCA were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Inouye, Elefante, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) DeCorte; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Apr 7, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on TCA/EIG has scheduled a public hearing on 04-10-25 3:20PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

upper

Apr 4, 2025

Committee

Referred to TCA/EIG.

upper

Apr 4, 2025

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 518).

upper

Apr 3, 2025

Lower · Passed

Adopted with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka, Pierick, Souza voting no (4) and Representative(s) Cochran, Woodson excused (2).

lower

Apr 3, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1839), recommending adoption.

lower

Apr 1, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Grandinetti, Evslin, Kitagawa, La Chica, Miyake; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Muraoka; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick.

lower

Mar 27, 2025

Committee

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on TRN as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Pierick, Souza voting no (3) and Representative(s) Hashem, Hussey, Templo, Ward excused (4).

lower

Mar 27, 2025

Committee

Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1581) as amended in HD 1, recommending referral to TRN.

lower

Mar 18, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Perruso, Kahaloa, Kusch; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Quinlan, Ward.

lower

Mar 14, 2025

Committee

Referred to EEP, TRN, referral sheet 22

lower

Mar 7, 2025

Introduced

Offered

lower

4 primary · 0 co-sponsors