Hawaii bills · 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii HCR 206

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.

1. Introduced
2. In committee
3. Adopted

Sponsors

• LOWEN (Democratic)
• AMATO (Democratic)
• BELATTI (Democratic)
• GRANDINETTI (Democratic)
• KAPELA (Democratic)
• KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY (Democratic)
• KUSCH (Democratic)
• MARTEN (Democratic)
• MIYAKE (Democratic)
• PERRUSO (Democratic)
• POEPOE (Democratic)
• TEMPLO (Democratic)
• TODD (Democratic)

Summary

Text versions

• HCR206
• HCR206_HD1

Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 8:06 AM.

Actions

• Mar 16, 2026 · House
  Offered
• Mar 18, 2026 · House
  Referred to EEP, FIN, referral sheet 19
• Mar 20, 2026 · House
  Resolution scheduled to be heard by EEP on Tuesday, 03-24-26 9:00AM in conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• Mar 24, 2026 · House
  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.
• Apr 1, 2026 · House
  Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1617-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending referral to FIN.
• Apr 1, 2026 · House
  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).
• Apr 2, 2026 · House
  Scheduled for decision making on Tuesday, 04-07-26 10:05AM in conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• Apr 7, 2026 · House
  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.
• Apr 9, 2026 · House
  Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1940-26), recommending adoption.
• Apr 9, 2026 · House
  Adopted with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1).
• Apr 9, 2026 · House
  Transmitted to Senate.
• Apr 10, 2026 · Senate
  Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 598).
• Apr 10, 2026 · Senate
  Referred to EIG/AEN.
• Apr 13, 2026 · Senate
  The committee(s) on EIG/AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 04-17-26 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
• Apr 17, 2026 · Senate
  The committee(s) on EIG deferred the measure until 04-21-26 2:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
• Apr 17, 2026 · Senate
  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.
• Apr 21, 2026 · Senate
  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.
• Apr 24, 2026 · Senate
  Reported from EIG/AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3922) with recommendation of adoption.
• Apr 24, 2026 · Senate
  One Day Notice 04-27-26.
• Apr 27, 2026 · Senate
  Report and Resolution Adopted. Transmitted to House.
• Apr 27, 2026 · House
  Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 777).
• Apr 27, 2026 · House
  Resolution adopted in final form.