THE SENATE

THE THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2019

 

COMMITTEE ON ENERGY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM

Senator Glenn Wakai, Chair

Senator Brian T. Taniguchi, Vice Chair

 

AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Monday, March 11, 2019

TIME:

2:45 p.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 414

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A M E N D E D  A G E N D A

 

 

 

HB 855, HD1

      (HSCR973)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO CLEAN ENERGY FINANCING.

Amends and expands the purpose of the Building Energy Efficiency Revolving Loan Fund to a Clean Energy Revolving Loan Fund.  Transfers administration of the Clean Energy Revolving Loan Fund to the Hawaii Green Infrastructure Authority.  (HB855 HD1)

 

EET, WAM

HB 550, HD1

      (HSCR1058)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO RENEWABLE ENERGY.

Requires the Public Utilities Commission to study the feasibility of implementing renewable portfolio standards to encourage the use of renewable energy by gas utility companies.  Amends the renewable portfolio standard interim goals for 2030 and 2040 to accelerate the adoption of renewable energy.  Appropriates funds.  (HB550 HD1)

 

EET, CPH/WAM

HB 556, HD1

      (HSCR876)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY.

Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to adopt state appliance efficiency standards.  (HB556 HD1)

 

EET, CPH

[Measure deleted on 03-07-19]

HB 842, HD1

      (HSCR908)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE HAWAII STATE PLANNING ACT.

Establishes a Hawaii State Planning Act Review Commission to review and make recommendations to the Legislature to update the Hawaii State Planning Act.  Removes reference to achieving the viability of Hawaii's sugar and pineapple industries from the Hawaii State Planning Act's agricultural objectives.  Appropriates funds.  (HB842 HD1)

 

EET, WAM

HB 852, HD1

      (HSCR1044)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE HAWAII STATE ENERGY OFFICE.

Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism's Hawaii State Energy Office under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection.  (HB852 HD1)

 

EET, WAM

HB 1369, HD1

      (HSCR1051)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM BUDGET.

Appropriates funds for the operating budget for the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021.  (HB1369 HD1)

 

EET, WAM

HB 1563, HD1

      (HSCR1034)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM.

Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism programs under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economic Development and Business.  (HB1563 HD1)

 

EET, WAM

HB 739, HD1

      (HSCR1029)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY.

Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of the Hawaii Tourism Authority.  (HB739 HD1)

 

EET, WAM

HB 422

      (HSCR820)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY.

Authorizes contracts entered by the Hawaii Tourism Authority for the marketing of all uses of the Hawaii Convention Center to be issued separately from the management, use, operation, or maintenance of the facility.

 

EET, WAM

HB 895, HD2

      (HSCR1286)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM STATE BUDGET.

Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism programs under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Water, Land, and Hawaiian Affairs.  (HB895 HD2)

 

EET, WAM

[Measure added on 03-07-19]

HB 1404, HD2

      (HSCR1288)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM BUDGET.

Adjusts the operating budget for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism programs under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Water, Land, and Hawaiian Affairs.  (HB1404 HD2)

 

EET, WAM

[Measure added on 03-07-19]

 

 

 

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

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FOR AMENDED NOTICES:  Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

 

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Senator Glenn Wakai

Chair