HR 54 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

REQUESTING THE HAWAII STATE ENERGY OFFICE TO CONVENE A GEOTHERMAL ENERGY WORKING GROUP TO EVALUATE THE REGULATORY AND POLICY LANDSCAPE SURROUNDING GEOTHERMAL ENERGY IN HAWAII.

This is a procedural resolution (not a bill), requesting the Hawaii State Energy Office to convene a Geothermal Energy Working Group. The working group - comprising state agency representatives, county officials, industry stakeholders, and community experts - will evaluate regulatory and policy challenges for geothermal energy development in Hawaii and provide recommendations to the Legislature by January 2026. It does not create new laws but aims to identify pathways for accelerating geothermal energy, a stable renewable resource, to support Hawaii's clean energy goals.

Issues: ✓ Energy ✓ Environment

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 6, 2025 Last action Apr 3, 2025

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HR54 → HR54_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was reformatted from a traditional legislative document to a structured digital format with metadata fields. The substantive policy content remains largely the same, though the working group composition was expanded to include the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and Senate/House energy committee chairs, while removing the Director of Health. The report submission deadline was extended from the 2026 session to the 2027 session.

Scope change

The working group membership requirements were modified to add two new positions and remove one, while the overall scope of the geothermal energy evaluation remains unchanged.

REQUIREMENT

Working group membership was expanded to include the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and the chairs of Senate and House energy committees, while the Director of Health was removed from the required members list.

TIMELINE

The deadline for submitting the working group report was extended from twenty days before the 2026 Regular Session to twenty days before the 2027 Regular Session.

TECHNICAL

The document was converted from a traditional text format to a structured digital format with metadata fields including author information, timestamps, and document properties.

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

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Committee

Apr 3, 2025

Lower · Passed

Resolution adopted in final form.

lower

Apr 3, 2025

Lower · Passed

Adopted with Representative(s) Iwamoto voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Woodson excused (2).

lower

Apr 3, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1832), recommending adoption.

lower

Apr 1, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Chun, Ichiyama, Kong, Lowen, Marten, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Iwamoto; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ilagan, Tam.

lower

Mar 28, 2025

Committee

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on CPC as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Hussey, Muraoka, Ward excused (4).

lower

Mar 28, 2025

Committee

Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1674) as amended in HD 1, recommending referral to CPC.

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, CPC, referral sheet 22

lower

Mar 6, 2025

Introduced

Offered

lower

9 primary · 0 co-sponsors