SB 412 Hawaii Senate · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY.

Summary

Requires the Hawaii State Energy Office to assess the feasibility of installing distributed energy resource systems at each state department facility. Requires state departments to implement and install the distributed energy resource systems detailed in the reports no later than five years from the issue date of the reports. Gives priority for the required energy efficiency measures to first responder facilities. (SD1)

Issues: ✓ Energy

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Feb 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 14, 2025 Last action Dec 8, 2025

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What changed between versions

SB412 → SB412_SD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill shifts the responsibility for assessing renewable energy feasibility from individual state departments to a single central office, the Hawaii State Energy Office (HSEO). While the original draft required every department to create its own report, the updated version mandates that the HSEO conducts the assessment and issues a single report for all facilities. This change aims to streamline the process, ensure consistency across the state, and reduce the administrative burden on individual departments while maintaining the requirement for departments to install the recommended systems within five years.

Scope change

The scope of the assessment responsibility changed from being distributed across all state departments to being centralized under the Hawaii State Energy Office, which now acts as the sole entity responsible for generating feasibility reports for all state facilities.

REQUIREMENT

The requirement for individual state departments to prepare their own feasibility reports was removed and replaced with a mandate for the Hawaii State Energy Office to assess all facilities and issue a single consolidated report.

The specific instruction for departments to implement systems based on 'the reports' was updated to reference 'the Hawaii State energy office's report' to reflect the new centralized reporting structure.

DEFINITION

The definition of 'Facility' was slightly expanded to include the term 'state facility' alongside the original definition, clarifying the scope of structures covered by the bill.

TECHNICAL

The bill title and description were updated to explicitly name the Hawaii State Energy Office and reflect the change in the reporting process.

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

Feb 6, 2025

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Feb 6, 2025

Committee

Reported from EIG/GVO (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 61) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Jan 30, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in GVO were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) McKelvey, Gabbard, Moriwaki, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.

upper

Jan 30, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EIG recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EIG were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Chang, DeCoite; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Richards, Fevella.

upper

Jan 27, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EIG/GVO has scheduled a public hearing on 01-30-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to EIG/GVO, WAM.

upper

Jan 15, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and passed First Reading.

upper

Jan 14, 2025

Introduced

Pending Introduction.

upper

4 primary · 2 co-sponsors