HB 1620 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO ENERGY.

Summary

Requires the Public Utilities Commission to transfer funds from the Hydrogen Fueling System Subaccount of the Public Utilities Commission Special Fund to the Electric Vehicle Charging System Subaccount of the Fund. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Mar 2026

House Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Mar 2026

Governor

Introduced Jan 16, 2026 Last action Mar 30, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB1620_HD2 → HB1620_SD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill was revised to remove a plan to increase taxes and the amount of rebates for electric vehicle charging stations. Instead, the version now focuses solely on transferring existing funds from the hydrogen fueling system account to the electric vehicle charging account to support the program. The effective date of the transfer was also updated from the year 3000 to 2050.

Scope change

The bill's scope was narrowed by removing provisions that would have increased the environmental response tax and the rebate amounts deposited into the electric vehicle subaccount.

FISCAL

Removed provisions to increase the environmental response, energy, and food security tax and the portion of that tax deposited into the electric vehicle charging system subaccount.

REQUIREMENT

Removed the requirement for the Public Utilities Commission to transfer funds from the hydrogen fueling system subaccount to the electric vehicle charging system subaccount.

TIMELINE

Changed the effective date of the transfer requirement from July 1, 3000, to July 1, 2050.

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 30, 2026

Upper · Passed

Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN/WAM.

upper

Mar 30, 2026

Committee

Reported from AEN/EIG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3220) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN/WAM.

upper

Mar 18, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in AEN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, DeCoite, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Richards ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Mar 18, 2026

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; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Richards, Fevella ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Mar 13, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on AEN/EIG has scheduled a public hearing on 03-18-26 3:10PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 10, 2026

Committee

Referred to AEN/EIG, CPN/WAM.

upper

Mar 6, 2026

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 30).

upper

Mar 5, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Gedeon, Kong, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Pierick, Shimizu voting no (8) and Representative(s) Perruso excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Mar 2, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Gedeon; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Alcos.

lower

Feb 19, 2026

Lower · Passed

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Gedeon, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Pierick, Shimizu voting no (7) and none excused (0).

lower

Feb 19, 2026

Committee

Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 550-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 17, 2026

Lower · Passed

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

lower

Feb 4, 2026

Committee

Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 16-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to TRN.

lower

Jan 29, 2026

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; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Matsumoto; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Chun, Quinlan.

lower

Jan 26, 2026

Committee

Referred to EEP, TRN, FIN, referral sheet 1

lower

Jan 21, 2026

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 16, 2026

Introduced

Prefiled.

lower

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors