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SB964HIEngrossed 2026 Regular Session

Relating To Waste-to-energy.

Last status update Mar 4, 2025

What this measure contains

Authorizes the Hawaii State Energy Office to establish a publicprivate partnership to develop a waste-to-energy generating facility in each county having a population below 800,000. (SD1)

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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. SD1by EIG

Companion measure: SB964. A companion follows its own path; its votes are not combined with this one.

Decision stages

  1. Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs (EIG) on the introduced draft: Passed, with amendments, reported as SD1

    2 aye · 1 aye with reservations · 0 no · 2 excused · Source roll call

  2. Ways and Means (WAM) on SD1: Passed, unamended

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

  3. Senate third reading on SD1: Passed

    22 aye · 2 aye with reservations · 0 no · 1 excused

Senate members along the path

Senate members' votes at each stage of SB964
MemberEIG
Introduced		WAM
SD1		Third reading
SD1		Change along the path
Henry AquinoSD-019AyeAye
Stanley ChangSD-009ExcusedAye
Lynn DecoiteSD-007ExcusedAyeAye
Donovan CruzSD-017AyeAye
Brandon ElefanteSD-016AyeAye
Kurt FevellaSD-020AyeAyeAye
Troy HashimotoSD-005AyeAye
Lorraine InouyeSD-001AyeAye
Dru KanuhaSD-003AyeAye
Michelle KidaniSD-018ExcusedAye
Donna KimSD-014AyeAye
Chris LeeSD-025ExcusedExcused
Angus McKelveySD-006Aye*
Sharon MoriwakiSD-012AyeAye
Tim RichardsSD-004Aye*Aye*
Glenn WakaiSD-015AyeAyeAye
9 more Senate members only counted as floor ayes
MemberEIG
Introduced		WAM
SD1		Third reading
SD1		Change along the path
Brenton AwaSD-023Aye
Samantha DeCorteSD-022Aye
Carol FukunagaSD-011Aye
Mike GabbardSD-021Aye
Les IharaSD-010Aye
Jarrett KeohokaloleSD-024Aye
Ronald KouchiSD-008Aye
Karl RhoadsSD-013Aye
Joy San BuenaventuraSD-002Aye

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.

  2. Passed First Reading.

  3. Referred to EIG, WAM.

  4. The committee(s) on EIG has scheduled a public hearing on 01-28-25 3:15PM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

  5. 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, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Richards ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Chang, DeCoite.

  6. Reported from EIG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 21) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

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

  8. The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-28-25 10:35AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  9. 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, Aquino, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kim, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Kidani, Lee, C..

  10. Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 981) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.

  11. One Day Notice 03-04-25.

  12. Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) McKelvey, Richards. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Lee, C.). Transmitted to House.

  13. Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 231) in amended form (SD 1).

  14. Pass First Reading

  15. Referred to EEP, FIN, referral sheet 19

  16. Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

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