STATE BILLHI HB 1984ENGROSSED

Relating To Renewable Energy.

By 7/1/2027, requires government entities in the State that issue building permits to establish a selfcertification process for certain behindthemeter, customersited solar distributed energy resource systems that deems permit applications approved and allows applicants to proceed to build solar distributed energy resource systems immediately. Requires government entities in the State that issue building permits to develop guidance for determining specific conditions when a Federal Emergency Management Agency-mandated No-Rise Certification is not required for a solar distributed energy resource system located in a regulatory floodway. 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 1984 · EngrossedMar 10

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Last action: Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN/WAM. · Mar 24, 2026
Pending committee: Commerce and Consumer Protection

Bill history

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Mar 24, 2026Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN/WAM.Senate

Mar 24, 2026Reported from EIG/GVO (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3162) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN/WAM.Senate

Mar 17, 2026The committee(s) on EIG recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EIG were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Chang, DeCoite, Richards; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.Senate

Mar 17, 2026The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in GVO were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) McKelvey, Gabbard, Hashimoto, Moriwaki, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.Senate

Mar 12, 2026The committee(s) on EIG/GVO has scheduled a public hearing on 03-17-26 3:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.Senate

Mar 12, 2026Referred to EIG/GVO, CPN/WAM.Senate

Mar 12, 2026Passed First Reading.Senate

Mar 12, 2026Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 334).Senate

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Mar 10, 2026Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Garcia, Iwamoto voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.House

Mar 6, 2026Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1059-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.House

Mar 4, 2026The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Grandinetti, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Kong, Lowen, Marten, Tam; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Iwamoto; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Pierick.House

Mar 2, 2026Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Wednesday, 03-04-26 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.House

Feb 20, 2026Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on CPC as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Garcia, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1).House

Feb 20, 2026Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 713-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to CPC.House

Feb 17, 2026The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Morikawa, Belatti, Ichiyama, Woodson, Souza; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Iwamoto, Shimizu; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Poepoe.House

Feb 11, 2026Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Tuesday, 02-17-26 9:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.House

Feb 10, 2026Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on WAL with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).House

Feb 9, 2026Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 81-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to WAL.House

Feb 5, 2026The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Perruso, Chun, Kahaloa, Kusch, Quinlan, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.House

Feb 2, 2026Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Thursday, 02-05-26 9:00AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.House

Jan 28, 2026Referred to EEP, WAL, CPC, referral sheet 3House

Jan 26, 2026Introduced and Pass First Reading.House

Jan 23, 2026Pending introduction.House

Recorded votes

Senate Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs: Passed, With AmendmentsMar 17, 2026 · Senate · 4 yea · 0 nayPassed

Senate Government Operations: Passed, With AmendmentsMar 17, 2026 · Senate · 5 yea · 0 nayPassed

Subjects

Solar Distributed Energy Resource Systems
Building Permits
Self-Certification Process
No-Rise Certification
Regulatory Floodways

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