HB 242

  • Hawaii House Bill
  • 2025 Regular Session
  • Introduced in House Feb 28, 2025
  • Passed House Feb 27, 2025
  • Passed Senate Apr 08, 2025
  • Became Law Jun 25, 2025

Relating To Electric Vehicle Batteries.

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Jun 25, 2025

Senate

Act 209, 06/25/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1311).

House

Act 209, on 06/25/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1311).

May 02, 2025

Senate

Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 821).

May 01, 2025

House

Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 888).

House

Transmitted to Governor.

Apr 30, 2025

House

Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1).

Senate

Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 0 (none).

Apr 25, 2025

House

House Conferees Changed: Representative Lowen discharged as Co-Chair. Representative Perruso discharged as Member; Added as Co-Chair.

Senate

The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Lee, C., Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard.

Senate

48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-25

Senate

Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 223).

House

Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-30-25.

House

Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 223) as amended in (CD 1).

House

The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Perruso, Takenouchi, Marten, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

Senate

Received notice of change in conferees (Hse. Com. No. 816).

Apr 24, 2025

House

Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Friday, 04-25-25 4:15PM in conference room 325.

House

Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 875).

Senate

Senate Conferees Appointed: Wakai Chair; Gabbard, Lee, C. Co-Chairs; Fevella.

Apr 21, 2025

Senate

Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 755).

Apr 17, 2025

House

House Conferees Appointed: Lowen, Takenouchi Co-Chairs; Marten, Perruso, Alcos.

Apr 11, 2025

Senate

Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 704).

Apr 10, 2025

House

House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

Apr 08, 2025

Senate

Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) DeCoite. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

House

Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 607) in amended form (SD 2).

Apr 04, 2025

Senate

48 Hrs. Notice 04-08-25.

Senate

Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1808) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

Apr 02, 2025

Senate

The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

Mar 27, 2025

Senate

The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-02-25 10:01AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

Mar 18, 2025

Senate

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

  • Reading-2
  • Referral-Committee
Ways and Means

Senate

Reported from EIG/AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1118) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

Mar 11, 2025

Senate

The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in AEN were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Richards, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) DeCoite.

Senate

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

Mar 07, 2025

Senate

The committee(s) on EIG/AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-11-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

Mar 04, 2025

Senate

Referred to EIG/AEN, WAM.

  • Referral-Committee
Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs Agriculture and Environment Ways and Means

Feb 28, 2025

Senate

Passed First Reading.

Senate

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 11).

Feb 27, 2025

House

Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4). Transmitted to Senate.

House

Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 879), recommending passage on Third Reading.

Feb 20, 2025

House

The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Alcos, Ward.

Feb 18, 2025

House

Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 02-20-25 12:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

Feb 12, 2025

House

Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Sayama, Ward excused (3).

  • Reading-2
  • Referral-Committee
Finance

House

Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 502) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

Feb 06, 2025

House

The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Perruso, Kahaloa, Kusch, Quinlan; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.

Jan 29, 2025

House

Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Thursday, 02-06-25 9:00AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

Jan 21, 2025

House

Referred to EEP, FIN, referral sheet 1

  • Referral-Committee
Energy & Environmental Protection Finance

Jan 17, 2025

House

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

Jan 16, 2025

House

Pending introduction.

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