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HB2608HIEngrossed 2026 Regular Session

Relating To Water Heating Systems.

Last status update Mar 5, 2026

What this measure contains

Authorizes building permit variances for certain high-efficiency electric water heating systems utilizing heat pump technology. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

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Bill text and versions

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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

Decision stages

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

    6 aye · 1 aye with reservations · 0 no · 0 excused

  2. House second reading on HD1: Passed

    49 aye · 1 aye with reservations · 1 no · 0 excused

  3. House WAL committee on HD1: Passed, unamended

    8 aye · 1 aye with reservations · 0 no · 0 excused

  4. House report adoption on HD1: Report adopted

    48 aye · 1 aye with reservations · 0 no · 1 excused

  5. House FIN committee on HD1: Passed, unamended

    15 aye · 0 no · 1 excused

  6. House third reading on HD1: Passed

    48 aye · 1 no · 1 excused

House members along the path

House members' votes at each stage of HB2608
MemberEEP
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		WAL
HD1		Report adoption
HD1		FIN
HD1		Third reading
HD1		Change along the path
Diamond GarciaHD-042Aye*Aye*NoAye with reservations → No at House third reading (HD1)
Garner ShimizuHD-032NoAye*AyeAyeNo → Aye with reservations at House WAL committee (HD1)Dropped reservations at House report adoption (HD1)
David AlcosHD-041AyeAyeExcusedAye
Della au BelattiHD-026AyeAyeAyeAye
Cory ChunHD-035AyeAyeAyeAye
Joe GedeonHD-018AyeAyeAyeAye
Daisy HartsfieldHD-036AyeAyeAyeAye
Mark HashemHD-019AyeAyeAyeAye
Ikaika HusseyHD-029AyeAyeAyeAye
Linda IchiyamaHD-031AyeAyeAyeAye
Kim IwamotoHD-025AyeAyeAyeAye
Kirstin KahaloaHD-006AyeAyeAyeAye
Sue Keohokapu-Lee LoyHD-002AyeAyeAyeAye
Lisa KitagawaHD-048AyeAyeAyeAye
Matthias KuschHD-001AyeAyeAyeAyeAye
Mike LeeHD-050AyeAyeAyeAye
Nicole LowenHD-007AyeAyeAyeAye
Lauren MatsumotoHD-038Aye*AyeAyeAyeDropped reservations at House second reading (HD1)
Tyson MiyakeHD-010AyeAyeAyeAye
Daynette MorikawaHD-017AyeAyeAyeAyeAye
Amy PerrusoHD-046AyeAyeAyeAyeExcused
Mahina PoepoeHD-013AyeAyeAyeAye
Sean QuinlanHD-047AyeAyeExcusedAye
Julie Reyes OdaHD-040AyeAyeAyeAye
Kanani SouzaHD-043AyeAyeAyeAye
Jenna TakenouchiHD-027AyeAyeAyeAye
Shirley Ann TemploHD-030AyeAyeAyeAye
Chris ToddHD-003AyeAyeAyeAye
Justin WoodsonHD-009AyeAyeAyeAye
Kyle YamashitaHD-012AyeAyeAyeAye
21 more House members only counted as floor ayes
MemberEEP
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		WAL
HD1		Report adoption
HD1		FIN
HD1		Third reading
HD1		Change along the path
Terez AmatoHD-011AyeAyeAye
Elle CochranHD-014AyeAyeAye
Luke EvslinHD-016AyeAyeAye
Andrew GarrettHD-022AyeAyeAye
Tina GrandinettiHD-020AyeAyeAye
Daniel HoltHD-028Aye
Greggor IlaganHD-004AyeAyeAye
Jeanne KapelaHD-005AyeAyeAye
Darius KilaHD-044AyeAyeAye
Sam KongHD-033AyeAyeAye
Trish La ChicaHD-037AyeAyeAye
Lisa MartenHD-051AyeAyeAye
Scot MatayoshiHD-049AyeAyeAye
Chris MuraokaHD-045AyeAyeAye
Nadine NakamuraHD-015AyeAyeAye
Ikaika OldsHD-023AyeAyeAye
Elijah PierickHD-039AyeAyeAye
Jackson SayamaHD-021AyeAyeAye
Gregg TakayamaHD-034AyeAyeAye
Adrian TamHD-024AyeAyeAye
David TarnasHD-008AyeAyeAye

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. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

  2. Referred to EEP, WAL, FIN, referral sheet 6

  3. Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Thursday, 02-05-26 9:00AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  4. The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Perruso, Chun, Kahaloa, Kusch, Quinlan; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Matsumoto; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

  5. Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 84-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to WAL.

  6. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on WAL with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Shimizu voting no (1) and none excused (0).

  7. Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Thursday, 02-19-26 9:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

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

  9. Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 719-26), recommending referral to FIN.

  10. Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1).

  11. Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Monday, 03-02-26 10:00AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

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

  13. Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 883-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  14. Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia voting no (1) and Representative(s) Perruso excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.

  15. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 126).

  16. Passed First Reading.

  17. Referred to EIG, CPN.

  18. The committee(s) on EIG has scheduled a public hearing on 03-17-26 3:01PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

  19. The committee on EIG deferred the measure.

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