Hawaii House Bill 197 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-0)
Status: Engrossed on March 3 2023 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2024-03-25 - Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Requires the Department of Health to establish a Refrigerant Management Program to reduce emissions of high global warming potential refrigerants and any refrigerant that is an ozone depleting substance from stationary, commercial, and industrial refrigeration systems and air conditioning systems and adopt rules for the regulation of the use of such refrigerants. Requires the State Building Code Council to establish codes and standards consistent with the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions associated with hydrofluorocarbons when updating the State Building Code. Specifies that no law, rule, ordinance, or code, including the State Building Code, shall prohibit or limit the use of a refrigerant deemed acceptable under federal law. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

Relating To Climate Change Mitigation.

Rep. Nicole Lowen [D]	Rep. Elle Cochran [D]	Rep. Ernesto Ganaden [D]	Rep. Natalia Hussey-Burdick [D]
Rep. Linda Ichiyama [D]	Rep. Jeanne Kapela [D]	Rep. Darius Kila [D]	Rep. Lisa Marten [D]
Rep. May Mizuno [D]	Rep. Amy Perruso [D]	Rep. Mahina Poepoe [D]	Rep. Sean Quinlan [D]
Rep. Adrian Tam [D]	Rep. David Tarnas [D]	Rep. Chris Todd [D]	Rep. Justin Woodson [D]

2023-04-04 - Senate - Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection: Passed, With Amendments (Y: 4 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-04-04 - Senate - Senate Ways and Means: Passed, With Amendments (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-03-17 - Senate - Senate Agriculture and Environment: Passed, Unamended (Y: 2 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-25	Senate	Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
2024-03-22	House	House Conferee(s) discharged.
2024-03-20	House	Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 340).
2024-03-20	Senate	Senate Conferee(s) discharged.
2023-12-11		Carried over to 2024 Regular Session.
2023-04-28	House	Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-23 4:30PM in conference room 309.
2023-04-27	House	Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-23 2:41PM in conference room 016.
2023-04-26	House	Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-27-23 11:16AM in conference room 325.
2023-04-25	House	Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Wednesday, 04-26-23 10:55AM in conference room 325.
2023-04-24	House	Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 975).
2023-04-24	Senate	Senate Conferees Appointed: Gabbard Chair; Keohokalole, Aquino Co-Chairs; Rhoads.
2023-04-24	Senate	Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 839).
2023-04-21	House	House Conferees Appointed: Lowen, Nakashima, Kitagawa Co-Chairs; Cochran, Evslin, Ward.
2023-04-14	Senate	Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 800).
2023-04-13	House	House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
2023-04-11	House	Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 725) in amended form (SD 1).
2023-04-11	Senate	Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Keohokalole). Transmitted to House.
2023-04-06	Senate	48 Hrs. Notice 04-11-23.
2023-04-06	Senate	Reported from CPN/WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1831) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).
2023-04-04	Senate	The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 11 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, Aquino, DeCoite, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Moriwaki, Shimabukuro.
2023-04-04	Senate	The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, McKelvey, Richards; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 0 Excused: none.
2023-03-31	Senate	The committee(s) on CPN/WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-04-23 9:45AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
2023-03-22	Senate	Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to CPN/WAM.
2023-03-22	Senate	Reported from AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1238) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to CPN/WAM.
2023-03-17	Senate	The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in AEN were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Richards, DeCoite.
2023-03-15	Senate	Re-Referred to AEN, CPN/WAM.
2023-03-14	Senate	The committee(s) on AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-17-23 1:05PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
2023-03-13	Senate	Re-Referred to AEN, WAM.
2023-03-09	Senate	Referred to AEN/HHS, WAM.
2023-03-07	Senate	Passed First Reading.
2023-03-07	Senate	Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 142).
2023-03-03	House	Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia voting no (1) and Representative(s) Alcos, Matayoshi excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.
2023-03-03	House	Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1010), recommending passage on Third Reading.
2023-02-27	House	The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Cochran, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kila, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Alcos, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Nishimoto.
2023-02-24	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Monday, 02-27-23 11:30AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2023-02-17	House	Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia voting no (1) and Representative(s) Marten excused (1).
2023-02-17	House	Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 763), recommending referral to FIN.
2023-02-16	House	The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Nakashima, Sayama, Amato, Belatti, Hashem, Hussey-Burdick, Gates, Lowen, Onishi, Tam, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
2023-02-13	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Thursday, 02-16-23 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2023-02-06	House	Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Pierick voting no (2) and Representative(s) Amato, Kila, Todd excused (3).
2023-02-06	House	Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 56) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
2023-01-31	House	The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Cochran, Gates, Kahaloa, Perruso, Woodson, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
2023-01-27	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Tuesday, 01-31-23 8:30AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2023-01-25	House	Referred to EEP, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 1
2023-01-19	House	Introduced and Pass First Reading.
2023-01-18	House	Pending introduction.

SB503 (Same As) 2023-12-11 - Carried over to 2024 Regular Session.
HB197 (Carry Over) 2023-04-28 - Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-23 4:30PM in conference room 309.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=197&year=2024
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB197_SD1_.HTM
Roll Call	https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=197&year=2024