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HB 195STATE · HawaiiIntroduced

RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY.

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)

Voted 12/11/2023

Roll-call record

How representatives voted

13 yea·0 nay·2 other

Docket history

Action history

  1. 12/11/2023Carried over to 2024 Regular Session.
  2. 2/7/2023Passed 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).
  3. 2/7/2023Reported from EEP/WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 110) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
  4. 2/2/2023The 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.
  5. 2/2/2023The 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.
  6. 1/31/2023Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP/WAL on Thursday, 02-02-23 8:30AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  7. 1/25/2023Referred to EEP/WAL, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 1
  8. 1/19/2023Introduced and Pass First Reading.
  9. 1/18/2023Pending introduction.