HCR 206 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

REQUESTING THE HAWAII STATE ENERGY OFFICE TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO STUDY THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF LARGE DATA CENTERS ON HAWAII'S ELECTRIC UTILITIES, RATEPAYERS, NATURAL RESOURCES, AND CLIMATE GOALS.

This bill requests the Hawaii State Energy Office to form a working group to study how large data centers might affect the state's electric grid, utility rates, natural resources, and climate goals. The study will focus on facilities requiring at least five megawatts of electricity and will include representatives from government agencies, utilities, consumer advocates, and environmental groups. The working group will examine policy options to ensure data center developers pay for necessary grid upgrades and that Hawaii's clean energy objectives are not compromised.

Issues: ✓ Environment

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2026

Committee Review

Apr 2026

House Passage

Apr 2026

Senate Passage

Apr 2026

Governor

Introduced Mar 16, 2026 Last action Apr 27, 2026

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HCR206 → HCR206_HD1 · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to specify that it applies only to large data centers requiring a minimum of five megawatts of instantaneous electricity demand. This change narrows the scope of the study requested by the Hawaii State Energy Office to focus specifically on larger facilities, potentially excluding smaller data centers from the analysis.

Scope change

The bill's scope was narrowed from all large data centers to only those with an instantaneous electricity demand of five megawatts or more.

SCOPE

Added a specific threshold of five megawatts of instantaneous demand to define which data centers are subject to the study.

Changed the title and header metadata to reflect the House of Representatives version (HD1) and updated internal tracking numbers.

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

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Committee

Apr 27, 2026

Lower · Passed

Resolution adopted in final form.

lower

Apr 27, 2026

Upper · Passed

Report and Resolution Adopted. Transmitted to House.

upper

Apr 24, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported from EIG/AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3922) with recommendation of adoption.

upper

Apr 21, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EIG recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. 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

Apr 17, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in AEN were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Rhoads, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Richards, DeCoite.

upper

Apr 13, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EIG/AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 04-17-26 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

upper

Apr 10, 2026

Committee

Referred to EIG/AEN.

upper

Apr 10, 2026

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 598).

upper

Apr 9, 2026

Lower · Passed

Adopted with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1).

lower

Apr 9, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1940-26), recommending adoption.

lower

Apr 7, 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, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Morikawa.

lower

Apr 1, 2026

Lower · Passed

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN 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. 1617-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending referral to FIN.

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, FIN, referral sheet 19

lower

Mar 16, 2026

Introduced

Offered

lower

13 primary · 0 co-sponsors