SB 1588 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO NUCLEAR ENERGY.

SB 1588 creates a Nuclear Energy Task Force within Hawaii's State Energy Office to study nuclear energy's potential for the state. The bill requires the Task Force to submit regular reports to the Hawaii Legislature about its findings and recommendations. This bill directly affects the State Energy Office and the Legislature, establishing a formal process for evaluating nuclear energy policy. (Note: The effective date "7/1/3000" in the abstract appears to be a typo; it likely means July 1, 2030.)

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Feb 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 23, 2025 Last action Mar 21, 2025

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SB1588_HD1 → SB1588_SD1 · 5 edits

MODERATE

The bill was moved from the House version (HD1) to the Senate version (SD1) with significant substantive changes. The most critical change is the effective date, which was moved from July 1, 3000 (essentially never) to May 13, 2040, making the bill actually operative. The composition of the task force was modified to replace some agency representatives with elected officials. The appointment authority for certain task force members was changed from agency chairs to the governor, and the task force's dissolution date was set to December 31, 2027.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded from a House-only bill to a Senate bill with modified task force composition and appointment authority, making it more politically balanced with elected officials rather than just agency representatives.

TIMELINE

Effective date changed from July 1, 3000 to May 13, 2040, making the bill actually operative instead of never taking effect

Task force dissolution date set to December 31, 2027

REQUIREMENT

Task force composition changed to include senators and representatives appointed by elected officials rather than only agency representatives

Appointment authority for public utility and nuclear expertise representatives changed from agency chairs to the governor

SCOPE

Bill moved from House version to Senate version with different formatting and metadata

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

Mar 21, 2025

Committee

Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1493) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

lower

Mar 18, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Kahaloa, Kusch; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Perruso; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Quinlan, Ward.

lower

Feb 28, 2025

Committee

Referred to EEP, FIN, referral sheet 17

lower

Feb 19, 2025

Introduced

Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 17) in amended form (SD 1).

lower

Feb 19, 2025

Upper · Passed

Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 20; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fukunaga, Ihara, Kim, McKelvey, San Buenaventura. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, Inouye). Excused, 3 (Senator(s) Gabbard, Kouchi, Richards). Transmitted to House.

upper

Feb 12, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Feb 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-12-25 10:01AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

upper

Feb 6, 2025

Committee

Reported from EIG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 69) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Feb 4, 2025

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Jan 31, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EIG has scheduled a public hearing on 02-04-25 3:02PM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 27, 2025

Committee

Referred to EIG, WAM.

upper

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

Introduced.

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors