HB 932 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO GREEN BONDS.

HB 932 proposes creating a Green Bonds Working Group within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to develop a program for issuing state green bonds. The working group would advise the department on structuring and implementing a green bond initiative, which would fund projects with environmental benefits like renewable energy or conservation. This bill directly affects state agencies involved in economic development and finance, though it does not authorize bond issuance itself. As of now, the bill passed committee recommendation with amendments and is pending further legislative action.

Issues: ✓ Energy ✓ Environment

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 21, 2025 Last action Dec 8, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB932 → HB932_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was updated to its first House Committee version, primarily changing the effective date to July 1, 3000, and adding a new identifier. The core policy content regarding the creation of a Green Bonds Working Group within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism remains largely the same, with only minor formatting adjustments to the text.

Scope change

The bill's scope regarding the establishment of the Green Bonds Working Group and its duties remains unchanged; the only substantive change is the effective date.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the Act was changed from 'upon approval' to 'July 1, 3000'.

TECHNICAL

The bill header was updated to include 'HD1', indicating it is the first version reviewed by the House Committee.

Minor formatting changes were made to the text, such as adding spaces after periods and adjusting line breaks.

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Committee

Feb 6, 2025

Committee

Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 225) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to ECD.

lower

Feb 4, 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 23, 2025

Committee

Referred to EEP, ECD, FIN, referral sheet 3

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

5 primary · 0 co-sponsors