Relating To Biodiesel.
Last status update Mar 10, 2026
What this measure contains
Requires the Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to implement a requirement that, no later than January 1, 2028, diesel fuel sold in certain counties for use in on-highway diesel-powered motor vehicles contains no less than five per cent biodiesel by volume, except in circumstances where the supply of biodiesel is insufficient. Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to submit a report to the Legislature, including a comprehensive rollout plan. Requires the Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to consult with the Department of Transportation during the development and implementation of the biodiesel requirements and present DBEDT's comprehensive rollout plan to the public. Effective 7/1/3050. (SD1)
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- Introduced · Official document ↗· Jan 27, 2026
- Amended · Official document ↗· Feb 6, 2026
- Amended · Official document ↗· Feb 17, 2026
- Amended · Official document ↗· Mar 6, 2026
- Amended · Official document ↗· Mar 27, 2026
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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.
- Introduced
- HD1by TRN
- HD2by ECD
- HD3by CPC
- SD1by EDT
Companion measure: SB2255. A companion follows its own path; its votes are not combined with this one.
Decision stages
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House TRN committee on the introduced draft: Passed, with amendments, reported as HD1
8 aye · 0 no · 1 excused
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House second reading on HD1: Passed
50 aye · 1 no · 0 excused
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House ECD committee on HD1: Passed, with amendments, reported as HD2
7 aye · 0 no · 0 excused
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House report adoption on HD2: Report adopted
47 aye · 1 aye with reservations · 2 no · 0 excused
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House CPC committee on HD2: Passed, with amendments, reported as HD3
10 aye · 0 no · 1 excused
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House third reading on HD3: Passed
47 aye · 3 no · 0 excused
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Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs (EIG) on HD3: Passed, with amendments, reported as SD1
2 aye · 1 aye with reservations · 0 no · 2 excused · Source roll call
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Economic Development and Technology (EDT) on HD3: Passed, with amendments, reported as SD1
2 aye · 2 aye with reservations · 0 no · 1 excused · Source roll call
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Ways and Means (WAM) on SD1: Passed, unamended
10 aye · 1 aye with reservations · 0 no · 2 excused · Source roll call
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Commerce and Consumer Protection (CPN) on SD1: Passed, unamended
4 aye · 0 no · 1 excused · Source roll call
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Senate third reading on SD1: Passed
18 aye · 4 aye with reservations · 3 no · 0 excused
Senate members along the path
| Member | EIG HD3 | EDT HD3 | WAM SD1 | CPN SD1 | Third reading SD1 | Change along the path |
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| Kurt FevellaSD-020 | Aye* | Aye* | Aye* | No | Aye with reservations → No at Senate third reading (SD1) | |
| Brenton AwaSD-023 | Excused | No | ||||
| Stanley ChangSD-009 | Excused | Aye | ||||
| Lynn DecoiteSD-007 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye* | Added reservations at Senate third reading (SD1) | |
| Samantha DeCorteSD-022 | No | |||||
| Donovan CruzSD-017 | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Brandon ElefanteSD-016 | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Carol FukunagaSD-011 | Excused | Aye | Aye | |||
| Troy HashimotoSD-005 | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Lorraine InouyeSD-001 | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Dru KanuhaSD-003 | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Jarrett KeohokaloleSD-024 | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Michelle KidaniSD-018 | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Donna KimSD-014 | Aye* | Aye | Aye* | Dropped reservations at Ways and Means (WAM) (SD1)Added reservations at Senate third reading (SD1) | ||
| Rachele Fernandez LamosaoSD-019 | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Chris LeeSD-025 | Excused | Aye | ||||
| Angus McKelveySD-006 | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Sharon MoriwakiSD-012 | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Tim RichardsSD-004 | Excused | Excused | Aye* | |||
| Joy San BuenaventuraSD-002 | Aye* | |||||
| Glenn WakaiSD-015 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye |
4 more Senate members only counted as floor ayes
| Member | EIG HD3 | EDT HD3 | WAM SD1 | CPN SD1 | Third reading SD1 | Change along the path |
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| Mike GabbardSD-021 | Aye | |||||
| Les IharaSD-010 | Aye | |||||
| Ronald KouchiSD-008 | Aye | |||||
| Karl RhoadsSD-013 | Aye |
House members along the path
| Member | TRN Introduced | Second reading HD1 | ECD HD1 | Report adoption HD2 | CPC HD2 | Third reading HD3 | Change along the path |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond GarciaHD-042 | Aye | No | No | Aye → No at House report adoption (HD2) | |||
| Sam KongHD-033 | Aye | Aye | Aye | No | Aye → No at House third reading (HD3) | ||
| David AlcosHD-041 | Aye | Aye* | Aye | Added reservations at House report adoption (HD2)Dropped reservations at House third reading (HD3) | |||
| Cory ChunHD-035 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Elle CochranHD-014 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Luke EvslinHD-016 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Joe GedeonHD-018 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Tina GrandinettiHD-020 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||
| Daniel HoltHD-028 | Aye | Aye | |||||
| Ikaika HusseyHD-029 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Linda IchiyamaHD-031 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Greggor IlaganHD-004 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||
| Kim IwamotoHD-025 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Darius KilaHD-044 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Lisa KitagawaHD-048 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Trish La ChicaHD-037 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Nicole LowenHD-007 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Lisa MartenHD-051 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Scot MatayoshiHD-049 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Tyson MiyakeHD-010 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Chris MuraokaHD-045 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Elijah PierickHD-039 | Excused | No | No | Excused | No | ||
| Adrian TamHD-024 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||
| Shirley Ann TemploHD-030 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Kyle YamashitaHD-012 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye |
26 more House members only counted as floor ayes
| Member | TRN Introduced | Second reading HD1 | ECD HD1 | Report adoption HD2 | CPC HD2 | Third reading HD3 | Change along the path |
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| Terez AmatoHD-011 | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Della au BelattiHD-026 | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Andrew GarrettHD-022 | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Daisy HartsfieldHD-036 | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Mark HashemHD-019 | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Kirstin KahaloaHD-006 | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Jeanne KapelaHD-005 | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Sue Keohokapu-Lee LoyHD-002 | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Matthias KuschHD-001 | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Mike LeeHD-050 | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Lauren MatsumotoHD-038 | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Daynette MorikawaHD-017 | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Nadine NakamuraHD-015 | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Ikaika OldsHD-023 | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Amy PerrusoHD-046 | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Mahina PoepoeHD-013 | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Sean QuinlanHD-047 | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Julie Reyes OdaHD-040 | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Jackson SayamaHD-021 | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Garner ShimizuHD-032 | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Kanani SouzaHD-043 | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Gregg TakayamaHD-034 | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Jenna TakenouchiHD-027 | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| David TarnasHD-008 | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Chris ToddHD-003 | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Justin WoodsonHD-009 | Aye | Aye | Aye |
Aye named · Aye* with reservations · Aye floor vote, not named as an exception · No · Excused · Changed reversed from the previous vote
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Legislative history
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Pending introduction.
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Introduced and Pass First Reading.
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Referred to TRN, ECD, CPC, referral sheet 6
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Bill scheduled to be heard by TRN on Thursday, 02-05-26 9:30AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
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The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Miyake, Cochran, Evslin, Grandinetti, Kitagawa, La Chica, Muraoka; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Pierick.
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Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 86-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to ECD.
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Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on ECD with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and none excused (0).
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Bill scheduled to be heard by ECD on Friday, 02-13-26 8:30AM in House conference room 423 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
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The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Ilagan, Hussey, Holt, Tam, Templo, Yamashita, Gedeon; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
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Reported from ECD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 416-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to CPC.
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Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on CPC as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Alcos voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Pierick voting no (2) and none excused (0).
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Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Wednesday, 03-04-26 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
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The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Grandinetti, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Kong, Lowen, Marten, Tam; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Pierick.
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Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1057-26) as amended in HD 3, recommending passage on Third Reading.
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Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-10-26.
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Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 3 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Kong, Pierick voting no (3) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.
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Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 414).
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Passed First Reading.
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Referred to EDT/EIG, CPN/WAM.
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The committee(s) on EDT/EIG has scheduled a public hearing on 03-24-26 1:01PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
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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, DeCoite; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fevella ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Chang, Richards.
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The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDT were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Kim, Fevella ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fukunaga.
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Reported from EDT/EIG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3312) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN/WAM.
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Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN/WAM.
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The committee(s) on CPN/WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-07-26 10:30AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
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The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 11 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fevella ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Lee, C., Richards.
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The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. 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.
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Reported from CPN/WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3700) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
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One Day Notice 04-14-26.
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Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) DeCoite, Kim, Richards, San Buenaventura . Noes, 3 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte, Fevella). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
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Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 689) in amended form (SD 1).
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House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
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Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 780).
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Re-referred to TRN, ECD, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 30
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House Conferees Appointed: Kila, Ilagan, Matayoshi, Miyake Co-Chairs; Kusch, Pierick.
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Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 786).
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Senate Conferees Appointed: DeCoite Chair; Wakai, Keohokalole, Kanuha Co-Chairs.
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Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 778).
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Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Wednesday, 04-29-26 11:10AM in conference room 329.
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Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-30-26 10:40AM in conference room Conference Room 329.
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Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 05-01-26 9:50AM in conference room 329.
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Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 05-01-26 at 12:30PM in Conference Room 329.
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Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 05-01-26 at 2:30PM in Conference Room 411.
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Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 05-01-26 at 5:35PM in Conference Room 411.