STAND. COM. REP. NO. 505-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 1829

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Labor & Government Operations, to which was referred H.B. No. 1829 entitled:

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

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Require the design of all new state building construction where parking is to be included to provide that at least twenty-five percent of parking stalls be electric vehicle charger-ready;

(2) Require the Hawaii State Energy Office to conduct a survey and identify certain high-priority state facilities that include parking to be retrofitted to include electric vehicle charging infrastructure;

(3) Establish a goal of the State to retrofit state facilities to be electric vehicle charger-ready; and

(4) Appropriate funds to the Department of Accounting and General Services to assess the costs of, and install, retrofits and electric vehicle charging systems at high-priority state facilities.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Accounting and General Services; Hawaiʻi Climate Change Mitigation and Adaption Commission; Hawaii State Energy Office; Kauai Climate Action Coalition; Climate Protectors Hawaii; Blue Planet Foundation; Ulupono Initiative; 350Hawaii.org; Hawaiian Electric; Alliance for Automotive Innovation; and four individuals.

Your Committees find that the adoption of electric vehicles in Hawaii has grown in recent years and is expected to continue to grow at increasing rates. However, there is a continuous need for a network of charging infrastructure to support the increased adoption of electric vehicles. This measure expands workplace charging availability in state facilities to support the State's goal of transitioning to clean transportation.

Your Committees have amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the appropriation to an unspecified amount;

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion; and

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

Your Committees respectfully request your Committee on Finance, should it deliberate on this measure, to consider an appropriation amount of $200,000.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Labor & Government Operations that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1829, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1829, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Labor & Government Operations,

____________________________ SCOT Z. MATAYOSHI, Chair

____________________________ NICOLE E. LOWEN, Chair