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HB1619HIEngrossed 2026 Regular Session

Relating To Electric Vehicle Infrastructure.

Last status update Mar 6, 2026

What this measure contains

Excludes from the definition of "development", as it applies to special management areas, the installation, maintenance, repair, and replacement of an electric vehicle charging system. Includes the Public Utilities Commission in the development and implementation of plans to meet the long-term goals for zero-emissions transportation in the State. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

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  • SB2434— Same As

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How this measure moved

Legislative path

Each stage below is a recorded decision from the official measure history, attached to the draft it considered. A member's row follows their votes from the first draft to the latest, and a highlighted vote marks where it changed. Committee and conference votes list every member by name. Floor votes list only exceptions; members serving that day who aren't named are shown as ayes in a dashed outline.

  1. Introduced
  2. HD1by EEP
  3. HD2by WAL
  4. SD1by CPN

Companion measure: SB2434. A companion follows its own path; its votes are not combined with this one.

Decision stages

  1. House EEP committee on the introduced draft: Passed, with amendments, reported as HD1

    5 aye · 0 no · 2 excused

  2. House second reading on HD1: Passed

    48 aye · 2 no · 1 excused

  3. House WAL committee on HD1: Passed, with amendments, reported as HD2

    9 aye · 0 no · 0 excused

  4. House report adoption on HD2: Report adopted

    48 aye · 2 no · 0 excused

  5. House CPC committee on HD2: Passed, unamended

    8 aye · 0 no · 3 excused

  6. House third reading on HD2: Passed

    42 aye · 1 aye with reservations · 4 no · 3 excused

  7. Water, Land, and Agriculture (WLA) on HD2: Passed, unamended

    4 aye · 0 no · 1 excused · Source roll call

  8. Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs (EIG) on HD2: Passed, unamended

    2 aye · 3 aye with reservations · 0 no · 0 excused · Source roll call

  9. Commerce and Consumer Protection (CPN) on HD2: Passed, with amendments, reported as SD1

    4 aye · 0 no · 1 excused · Source roll call

  10. Senate third reading on SD1: Passed

    22 aye · 3 aye with reservations · 0 no · 0 excused

Senate members along the path

Senate members' votes at each stage of HB1619
MemberWLA
HD2		EIG
HD2		CPN
HD2		Third reading
SD1		Change along the path
Brenton AwaSD-023ExcusedAye
Stanley ChangSD-009AyeAyeAye
Lynn DecoiteSD-007Aye*AyeDropped reservations at Senate third reading (SD1)
Samantha DeCorteSD-022AyeAye
Kurt FevellaSD-020Aye*AyeDropped reservations at Senate third reading (SD1)
Carol FukunagaSD-011AyeAye
Lorraine InouyeSD-001ExcusedAye*
Jarrett KeohokaloleSD-024AyeAye
Rachele Fernandez LamosaoSD-019AyeAyeAye
Chris LeeSD-025AyeAye
Angus McKelveySD-006AyeAye*Added reservations at Senate third reading (SD1)
Tim RichardsSD-004Aye*Aye*
Glenn WakaiSD-015AyeAye
12 more Senate members only counted as floor ayes
MemberWLA
HD2		EIG
HD2		CPN
HD2		Third reading
SD1		Change along the path
Donovan CruzSD-017Aye
Brandon ElefanteSD-016Aye
Mike GabbardSD-021Aye
Troy HashimotoSD-005Aye
Les IharaSD-010Aye
Dru KanuhaSD-003Aye
Michelle KidaniSD-018Aye
Donna KimSD-014Aye
Ronald KouchiSD-008Aye
Sharon MoriwakiSD-012Aye
Karl RhoadsSD-013Aye
Joy San BuenaventuraSD-002Aye

House members along the path

House members' votes at each stage of HB1619
MemberEEP
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		WAL
HD1		Report adoption
HD2		CPC
HD2		Third reading
HD2		Change along the path
David AlcosHD-041AyeAyeNoAye → No at House third reading (HD2)
Sam KongHD-033AyeAyeAyeNoAye → No at House third reading (HD2)
Terez AmatoHD-011AyeAyeAye*Added reservations at House third reading (HD2)
Della au BelattiHD-026AyeAyeAyeAye
Cory ChunHD-035ExcusedAyeAyeAyeAye
Diamond GarciaHD-042NoNoNo
Tina GrandinettiHD-020AyeAyeAyeAye
Mark HashemHD-019AyeAyeAyeAye
Linda IchiyamaHD-031AyeAyeAyeAyeAye
Greggor IlaganHD-004AyeAyeAyeAye
Kim IwamotoHD-025AyeAyeAyeExcusedAye
Kirstin KahaloaHD-006AyeAyeAyeAye
Lisa KitagawaHD-048ExcusedAyeAye
Matthias KuschHD-001AyeAyeAyeAye
Nicole LowenHD-007AyeAyeAyeAyeAye
Lisa MartenHD-051AyeAyeExcusedAye
Scot MatayoshiHD-049AyeAyeAyeAye
Lauren MatsumotoHD-038AyeAyeAyeAye
Daynette MorikawaHD-017AyeAyeAyeAye
Amy PerrusoHD-046AyeAyeAyeExcused
Elijah PierickHD-039NoNoExcusedNo
Mahina PoepoeHD-013AyeAyeAyeAye
Sean QuinlanHD-047ExcusedAyeAyeExcused
Jackson SayamaHD-021AyeAyeExcused
Garner ShimizuHD-032AyeAyeAyeAye
Kanani SouzaHD-043AyeAyeAyeAye
Adrian TamHD-024AyeAyeAyeAye
Justin WoodsonHD-009AyeAyeAyeAye
23 more House members only counted as floor ayes
MemberEEP
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		WAL
HD1		Report adoption
HD2		CPC
HD2		Third reading
HD2		Change along the path
Elle CochranHD-014AyeAyeAye
Luke EvslinHD-016AyeAyeAye
Andrew GarrettHD-022AyeAyeAye
Joe GedeonHD-018AyeAyeAye
Daisy HartsfieldHD-036AyeAyeAye
Daniel HoltHD-028Aye
Ikaika HusseyHD-029AyeAyeAye
Jeanne KapelaHD-005AyeAyeAye
Sue Keohokapu-Lee LoyHD-002AyeAyeAye
Darius KilaHD-044AyeAyeAye
Trish La ChicaHD-037AyeAyeAye
Mike LeeHD-050AyeAyeAye
Tyson MiyakeHD-010AyeAyeAye
Chris MuraokaHD-045AyeAyeAye
Nadine NakamuraHD-015AyeAyeAye
Ikaika OldsHD-023AyeAyeAye
Julie Reyes OdaHD-040AyeAyeAye
Gregg TakayamaHD-034AyeAyeAye
Jenna TakenouchiHD-027AyeAyeAye
David TarnasHD-008AyeAyeAye
Shirley Ann TemploHD-030AyeAyeAye
Chris ToddHD-003AyeAyeAye
Kyle YamashitaHD-012AyeAyeAye

Aye named · Aye* with reservations · Aye floor vote, not named as an exception · No · Excused · Changed reversed from the previous vote

Names are matched to legislators only when exactly one person fits; every printed name on this measure was matched. A missing vote means no record was found for that member at that stage, not a no vote. Committee codes follow the Legislature's abbreviations.Official measure history ↗

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Legislative history

  1. Prefiled.

  2. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

  3. Referred to EEP, WAL, CPC, referral sheet 1

  4. Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Thursday, 01-29-26 9:30AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

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

  6. Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 12-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to WAL.

  7. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on WAL with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Pierick voting no (2) and Representative(s) Kitagawa excused (1).

  8. Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Thursday, 02-12-26 9:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  9. The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Morikawa, Belatti, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Poepoe, Woodson, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

  10. Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 454-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to CPC.

  11. Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on CPC as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Pierick voting no (2) and none excused (0).

  12. Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Thursday, 02-26-26 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  13. The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Grandinetti, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Kong, Lowen, Tam; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Iwamoto, Marten, Pierick.

  14. Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 980-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  15. Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Amato voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Kong, Pierick voting no (4) and Representative(s) Perruso, Quinlan, Sayama excused (3). Transmitted to Senate.

  16. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 143).

  17. Passed First Reading.

  18. Referred to EIG/WLA, CPN.

  19. The committee(s) on EIG/WLA has scheduled a public hearing on 03-19-26 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

  20. The committee(s) on WLA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WLA were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Chang, Lamosao, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Inouye.

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

  22. Reported from EIG/WLA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3160) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to CPN.

  23. Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to CPN.

  24. The committee(s) on CPN will hold a public decision making on 04-07-26 9:25AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  25. The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, Lamosao, McKelvey; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa.

  26. Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3714) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).

  27. 48 Hrs. Notice 04-14-26.

  28. Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Inouye, McKelvey, Richards. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

  29. Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 592) in amended form (SD 1).

  30. House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

  31. Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 780).

  32. House Conferees Appointed: Lowen, Hashem, Matayoshi Co-Chairs; Perruso, Matsumoto.

  33. Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 786).

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