STAND. COM. REP. NO. 877-26

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2026

RE: H.B. No. 1980

H.D. 1

Honorable Nadine K. Nakamura

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2026

State of Hawaii

Madame:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1980, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

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

(2) Beginning July 1, 2027, 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;

(3) Require the Hawaii State Energy Office, in consultation with all state agencies that have parking facilities, to conduct a survey and identify certain high-priority state facilities to be retrofit to include electric vehicle charging infrastructure; and

(4) Appropriate funds for the Hawaii State Energy Office to assess the cost to install, or contract for the installation of, retrofits and electric vehicle charging systems at high-priority state facilities.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation; Department of Accounting and General Services; Hawaiʻi Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission; Alliance for Automobile Innovation; 350Hawaii.org; Kauai Climate Action Coalition; Clean the Pacific; Climate Protectors Hawaiʻi; Green Party of Hawaiʻi; Imua Alliance; and numerous individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Hawaiʻi State Energy Office.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1980, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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CHRIS TODD, Chair