HB 195

  • Hawaii House Bill
  • 2024 Regular Session
  • Introduced in House Jan 19, 2023
  • House
  • Senate
  • Governor

Relating To Renewable Energy.

Abstract

Requires government entities in the State that issue building permits to implement SolarAPP+ or a functionally equivalent online automated permitting platform that verifies code compliance and issues permits to licensed contractors for solar distributed energy resource systems in real time by 1/1/2024. Requires government entities in the State that issue building permits to adopt self-certification for solar distributed energy resource systems of 250 kilowatts or less that are not SolarAPP+ compatible. Makes the professional engineers, architects, surveyors, and landscape architects licensure law inapplicable to work with respect to residential distributed energy resource systems and increases the estimated cost of work on certain structures below which that licensure law is inapplicable. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)

Bill Sponsors (18)

Votes


Actions


Dec 11, 2023

Hawaii State Legislature

Carried over to 2024 Regular Session.

Feb 07, 2023

House

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

  • Reading-2
  • Referral-Committee
Consumer Protection & Commerce

House

Reported from EEP/WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 110) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.

Feb 02, 2023

House

The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Poepoe, Chun, Ganaden, Hashem, Morikawa, Takayama, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

House

The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Cochran, Kahaloa, Perruso, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Gates, Woodson.

Jan 31, 2023

House

Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP/WAL on Thursday, 02-02-23 8:30AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

Jan 25, 2023

House

Referred to EEP/WAL, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 1

  • Referral-Committee
Energy & Environmental Protection Water & Land Consumer Protection & Commerce Finance

Jan 19, 2023

House

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

Jan 18, 2023

House

Pending introduction.

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