STATE BILLHI HB 1949ENGROSSED

Relating To The Green Fee.

Establishes the Green Fee Transparency and Accountability Program and Green Fee Resiliency Impact Dashboard, to be administered by the Hawaii Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)

Status: Engrossed; Passed its first chamber
Status date: Mar 10, 2026; 247 days ago
Current chamber: Senate
Session: 2026 Regular Session

HI HB 1949 · EngrossedMar 10

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Last action: The committee on WAM deferred the measure. · Apr 6, 2026

Bill history

Newest first.

Apr 6, 2026The committee on WAM deferred the measure.Senate

Apr 1, 2026The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-06-26 10:32AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.Senate

Mar 30, 2026Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.Senate

Mar 30, 2026Reported from WLA/EDT/AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3397) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.Senate

Mar 25, 2026The committee(s) on WLA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WLA were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Chang, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Inouye ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Lamosao.Senate

Mar 25, 2026The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in AEN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Richards, DeCoite, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa.Senate

Mar 25, 2026The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDT were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Wakai, Fukunaga; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fevella ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Kim.Senate

Mar 20, 2026The committee(s) on WLA/EDT/AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-25-26 1:01PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.Senate

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Mar 18, 2026Re-Referred to WLA/EDT/AEN, WAM.Senate

Mar 12, 2026Referred to EDT/AEN, WAM/JDC.Senate

Mar 12, 2026Passed First Reading.Senate

Mar 12, 2026Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 322).Senate

Mar 10, 2026Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Gedeon, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Pierick voting no (3) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.House

Mar 6, 2026Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1206-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.House

Mar 5, 2026The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Yamashita, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Alcos; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Perruso.House

Mar 3, 2026Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 03-05-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.House

Feb 20, 2026Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1).House

Feb 20, 2026Reported from EEP/TOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 725-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.House

Feb 12, 2026The committee on TOU recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Tam, Templo, Hussey, Ilagan, Yamashita, Gedeon; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Holt.House

Feb 12, 2026The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Perruso, Chun, Kusch, Quinlan, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kahaloa.House

Feb 6, 2026Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP/TOU on Thursday, 02-12-26 9:30AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.House

Jan 30, 2026Re-referred to EEP/TOU, FIN, referral sheet 5House

Jan 28, 2026Referred to TOU, EEP, FIN, referral sheet 3House

Jan 26, 2026Introduced and Pass First Reading.House

Jan 23, 2026Pending introduction.House

Recorded votes

Senate Water, Land, and Agriculture: Passed, With AmendmentsMar 25, 2026 · Senate · 4 yea · 0 nayPassed

Senate Agriculture and Environment: Passed, With AmendmentsMar 25, 2026 · Senate · 4 yea · 0 nayPassed

Senate Economic Development and Technology: Passed, With AmendmentsMar 25, 2026 · Senate · 4 yea · 0 nayPassed

Subjects

Green Fee Transparency and Accountability Program
Green Fee Resiliency Impact Dashboard
HCCMAC
Appropriations ($)

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