HCR 202 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

ESTABLISHING THE LEGISLATIVE TASK FORCE ON HAWAII'S FUTURE ENERGY PATHWAYS TO EXAMINE STRATEGIES TO MAXIMIZE COST SAVINGS WHILE MINIMIZING RISK TO RATEPAYERS OVER THE NEXT THREE DECADES AND ACHIEVING THE STATE'S ENERGY GOALS AND PRODUCING AFFORDABLE, RELIABLE, RESILIENT, AND DECARBONIZED ENERGY.

This bill establishes a Legislative Task Force on Hawaii's Future Energy Pathways to examine strategies for transitioning the state's energy system over the next three decades. The task force will evaluate options for integrating renewable energy and distributed resources into the grid, assess risks and costs associated with fossil fuel investments, and consider lessons from other jurisdictions making similar transitions. The committee will include representatives from the House energy committee, the Senate, and the Hawaii State Energy Office to provide recommendations on achieving affordable, reliable, and decarbonized energy while protecting ratepayers.

Issues: ✓ Energy ✓ Environment

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2026

Committee Review

Apr 2026

House Passage

Apr 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 16, 2026 Last action Apr 23, 2026

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MODERATE

The bill was reformatted from a House Concurrent Resolution (HCR) to a House Concurrent Resolution (HCR) with significant substantive changes to the task force's composition and reporting deadlines. The most critical change is the addition of new members to the task force, including the Consumer Protection Committee chair, the Public Utilities Commission representative, the Consumer Advocate, and the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute, alongside the removal of the Senate member requirement. Additionally, the timeline for submitting reports was extended from the 2027 session to the 2028 session, providing more time for the task force to complete its work.

Scope change

The scope of the task force was expanded to include broader stakeholder representation from regulatory bodies, consumer advocacy groups, and academic institutions, moving away from a purely legislative and executive branch composition.

ELIGIBILITY

Added new members to the task force: the Chairperson of the House standing committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce, a representative of the Public Utilities Commission, the Executive Director of the Division of Consumer Advocacy, and a representative from the Hawaii Natural Energy Institute.

Removed the requirement for one member of the Senate to be appointed by the President of the Senate.

TIMELINE

Extended the deadline for the initial report from twenty days prior to the 2027 Regular Session to twenty days prior to the 2028 Regular Session, and the final report deadline was similarly pushed to twenty days prior to the 2028 Regular Session.

REQUIREMENT

Added a specific resolution requesting the Chairperson to invite representatives from Hawaiian Electric Company, the Kauai Island Utility Cooperative, an independent renewable energy developer, an environmental advocacy group, and a community group to join the task force.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Apr 21, 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; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) DeCoite, Richards, Fevella ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Apr 21, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee on CPN will reconsider its previous decision on 04-16-26 and will hold a public decision making on 04-23-26 9:32AM; CR 225 & Videoconference.

upper

Apr 16, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, McKelvey; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Lamosao, Awa.

upper

Apr 13, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EIG/CPN has scheduled a public hearing on 04-16-26 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

upper

Apr 10, 2026

Committee

Referred to EIG/CPN.

upper

Apr 10, 2026

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 595).

upper

Apr 9, 2026

Lower · Passed

Adopted as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1).

lower

Apr 9, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1920-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending adoption.

lower

Apr 7, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Grandinetti, Chun, Iwamoto, Kong, Lowen, Marten, Tam, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ilagan, Ichiyama.

lower

Apr 1, 2026

Lower · Passed

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 none excused (0).

lower

Apr 1, 2026

Committee

Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1631-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending referral to CPC.

lower

Mar 24, 2026

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, Chun, Kusch, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Kahaloa, Quinlan.

lower

Mar 18, 2026

Committee

Referred to EEP, CPC, referral sheet 19

lower

Mar 16, 2026

Introduced

Offered

lower

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors