STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1439-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 2196

S.D. 2

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred S.B. No. 2196, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Prohibit the issuance, after January 1, 2023, of a building permit for any new multi-family residential building that has ten or more parking stalls, unless those stalls are electric vehicle charger ready; and

(2) Require cooperative housing corporations, homeowners associations, planned community associations, and condominium associations to develop plans to incorporate zero-emissions infrastructure, including electric vehicle charging systems, onto any of its residential properties that are constructed after January 1, 2023.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission, Hawaii State Energy Office, Pearl City Neighborhood Board No. 21, 350Hawaii.org, Hawai‘i Electric Vehicle Association, Big Island Electric Vehicle Association, KauaiEV.org, Alliance for Automotive Innovation, Hawaiian Electric Company, Tesla, and eleven individuals. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from Gentry Homes, Ltd.; D.R. Horton Hawaii LLC; NAIOP Hawaii; Building Industry Association of Hawaii; and one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Community Associations Institute and Associa.

Your Committee finds that electric vehicles play an integral role in Hawaii's clean energy future. To support the continued adoption of electric vehicles, this measure ensures the incorporation of planning for necessary electric vehicle charging infrastructure at the earliest stages in order to minimize costs and the need for retrofitting.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Clarifying that cooperative housing corporations, homeowners associations, planned community associations, and condominium associations are to develop plans to incorporate electric vehicle charging systems, rather than any zero-emission vehicle infrastructure, onto any of its residential properties that are newly constructed after January 1, 2023; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2196, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2196, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

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AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair