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.

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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.

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• Introduced · Official document ↗· Mar 17, 2026
• Amended · Official document ↗· Mar 31, 2026

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Legislative path

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1. Introduced
2. HD1by EEP

Companion measures: HR196, SCR95. A companion follows its own path; its votes are not combined with this one.

Decision stages

1. Mar 24, 2026 · House

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

   5 aye · 0 no · 2 excused

2. Apr 1, 2026 · House

   House report adoption on HD1: Report adopted

   50 aye · 0 no · 0 excused

3. Apr 7, 2026 · House

   House FIN committee on HD1: Passed, unamended

   15 aye · 0 no · 1 excused

4. Apr 9, 2026 · House

   House floor on HD1: Passed

   49 aye · 0 no · 1 excused

5. Apr 17, 2026 · Senate

   Agriculture and Environment (AEN) on HD1: Passed, unamended

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

6. Apr 21, 2026 · Senate

   Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs (EIG) on HD1: Passed, unamended

   5 aye · 0 no · 0 excused · Source roll call

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House members along the path

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

1. Mar 16, 2026

   Offered

2. Mar 18, 2026

   Referred to EEP, FIN, referral sheet 19

3. Mar 20, 2026

   Resolution scheduled to be heard by EEP on Tuesday, 03-24-26 9:00AM in conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

4. Mar 24, 2026

   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.

5. Apr 1, 2026

   Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1617-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending referral to FIN.

6. Apr 1, 2026

   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).

7. Apr 2, 2026

   Scheduled for decision making on Tuesday, 04-07-26 10:05AM in conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

8. Apr 7, 2026

   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.

9. Apr 9, 2026

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

10. Apr 9, 2026

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

11. Apr 9, 2026

    Transmitted to Senate.

12. Apr 10, 2026

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

13. Apr 10, 2026

    Referred to EIG/AEN.

14. Apr 13, 2026

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

15. Apr 17, 2026

    The committee(s) on EIG deferred the measure until 04-21-26 2:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

16. Apr 17, 2026

    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.

17. Apr 21, 2026

    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.

18. Apr 24, 2026

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

19. Apr 24, 2026

    One Day Notice 04-27-26.

20. Apr 27, 2026

    Report and Resolution Adopted. Transmitted to House.

21. Apr 27, 2026

    Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 777).

22. Apr 27, 2026

    Resolution adopted in final form.

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