Hawaii - 2019 Legislative Session - EV Related Bills

[nanimac]

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Requires that, effective January 1, 2020, 25% of parking stalls for all residential multi-family buildings that have twenty or more parking stalls and commercial buildings that have forty or more parking stalls are electric vehicle charger ready.

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Requires that on or after January 1, 2020, all new residential multi-family buildings that have twenty or more parking stalls and new commercial buildings that have forty or more parking stalls have at least twenty-five per cent of available parking stalls be electric vehicle charger ready.

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Requires places of public accommodation with at least one hundred parking spaces available for use by the general public to have at least three parking spaces exclusively for electric vehicles and be equipped with two electric vehicle charging systems located anywhere in the parking structure or lot by July 1, 2021. Requires places of public accommodation with at least fifty parking spaces available for use by the general public to have at least two parking spaces exclusively for electric vehicles and be equipped with an electric vehicle charging system located anywhere in the parking structure or lot by July 1, 2021.

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Requires, in places of public accommodation, a ratio of one electric vehicle parking stall per 100 stalls by 2020 and a ratio of two electric vehicle parking stalls per 100 stalls by the year 2024. Designates the appropriate county authority having jurisdiction over planning and permitting for enforcement. Specifies procedures for enforcement.

Hawaii State Legislature
Provides that each parking space designated for an electric vehicle shall count as four parking spaces available for public use towards any city or county requirements regarding number of total public use parking spaces. Establishes notification requirements and fines for noncompliance.

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Establishes an annual electric vehicle registration surcharge fee to be deposited into the state highway fund.

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Extends the sunset date for Act 168, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012, authorizing certain incentives and actions by the Department of Transportation regarding electric vehicles.

 

[gmtom1]

The Leg really needs to pass the bills on public EV stall requirements. The current law is written so poorly and has no enforcement provisions. It's shameful that the largest public shopping center in Hawaii only has four charging stalls.

 

[Casper702]

I hope the multi-family buildings bill goes through, I'm having one hell of a time convincing my landlord to let me install a charger

 

[ugly pete]

I really hope they can enforce all of that. Simply having an EV space is not enough. They need to be required to MAINTAIN the infrastructure. Most of the chargers on Kauai are broken or have trash bags over them.

 

[drtko147]

We received an email from Andy Schwartz about the upcoming testimony on Tuesday January 29 on HB238
Hearing EEP 01-29-19.
Let's submit our testimony supporting this.

 

[Akikiki]

I hope the multi-family buildings bill goes through, I'm having one hell of a time convincing my landlord to let me install a charger

Casper702, take a look at this please. It may provide you some help. Placement of Electric Vehicle Charging System.

 

[nanimac]

Hearing for HB238 to extend EV benefits was today. Status update says PASSED WITH AMENDMENTS. Will post once they say what the amendments are. From reading the testimonies, seems like parking benefits were a concern for some state agencies so will be interesting to see if those are impacted somehow.

THANKS to everyone who submitted testimonies! There were over 50 individual testimonies submitted! Am sure all that owner support made a difference in the passage of this bill

 

[Hawnboy]

Hearing for HB238 to extend EV benefits was today. Status update says PASSED WITH AMENDMENTS. Will post once they say what the amendments are. From reading the testimonies, seems like parking benefits were a concern for some state agencies so will be interesting to see if those are impacted somehow.

THANKS to everyone who submitted testimonies! There were over 50 individual testimonies submitted! Am sure all that owner support made a difference in the passage of this bill

My wife worked for K.S.B.E. for may years, and her job was to track legislative bills like this one, so don't be surprised if our "law makers" decide to gut, change, insert or totally modify this bill! That's what they do to make it work for "them", and not nessarily for the voting publicl

They have their ways of doing things to help the "big bucks people" in town, not the tax paying public who comes them into office and pays their salaries!!!

Just saying!!!

 

[nanimac]

My wife worked for K.S.B.E. for may years, and her job was to track legislative bills like this one, so don't be surprised if our "law makers" decide to gut, change, insert or totally modify this bill! That's what they do to make it work for "them", and not nessarily for the voting publicl

They have their ways of doing things to help the "big bucks people" in town, not the tax paying public who comes them into office and pays their salaries!!!

Just saying!!!

What???? Government is not working for the people!!!! Lol

As long as there is some kind of EV incentives, it’s better then them completely going away.

 

[drtko147]

What???? Government is not working for the people!!!! Lol

As long as there is some kind of EV incentives, it’s better then them completely going away.

I know. Hopefully, the lobbyists for GM and Tesla work to change the federal tax credits as it would benefit those big companies which would be good for the rest of us.

 

[gmtom1]

I'm trying to be optimistic, but keep in mind that 238 was triple-referred, which usually is not a good sign for passage. The more committees a bill has to get through before it reaches the floor, the greater chance it will be guttted, stalled, or simply tabled and not heard. Such is the nature of our legislative process.

 

[nanimac]

Here are the amendments to HB238.

HSCR35

 

[gmtom1]

Here are the amendments to HB238.

HSCR35

The amendments look ok. Limiting the length of time for metered/free parking to 2/4 hours seems reasonable. There's no practicable way to enforce the free metered parking per day requirement; AFAIK, the meter "maids" don't chalk tires and I would be surprised if they patrol the same area enough to notice.

 

[dsmith2189]

The amendments look ok. Limiting the length of time for metered/free parking to 2/4 hours seems reasonable. There's no practicable way to enforce the free metered parking per day requirement; AFAIK, the meter "maids" don't chalk tires and I would be surprised if they patrol the same area enough to notice.

Well parking enforcement has/does put a penny on the tire to see if the person has moved the car. if they have... they pick up the penny and reuse it, if the car hasn't moved they ticket. most people just memorize the schedule for the street and make a quick trip before or after parking enforcement comes by. and you thought that you were lucky finding that penny next to the curb.

 

[Akikiki]

As expensive as everything else is here, I would think they use a nickel not just a penny.

 

[nanimac]

URGENT - TIME SENSITIVE - TESTIMONY NEEDED TODAY!
The bills are coming fast and furious – four more bills that we are tracking are being heard this Friday jointly by the Senate Committee on Transportation as well as the Senate Committee on Energy, Economic Development and Tourism. The hearing is at 2:00 PM tomorrow, so ideally any testimony would go in before 2:00 PM today.

You can submit testimony at Hawaii State Legislature . You have to be registered to submit testimony on-line. Testimony doesn't have to be long but great to at least show support for these bills. Here are the direct links for each bill as well as Tesla's stance on each.

SB1000 - Support
SB653 - Support
SB657 - Support
SB1278 - Oppose


SB 1000 – this bill would require newly constructed multi-unit family buildings with 20 or more parking spaces and new commercial buildings with 40 or more parking spaces to make at least 25% of the stalls EV-ready. Tesla is SUPPORTING this bill though they think the thresholds, in terms of the number of parking spaces a building has to have before this requirement would be applied, should be lowered to ensure the policy actually impacts a significant number of buildings. Regardless, they certainly like the direction and intent of this bill. A 25% requirement for EV ready in new construction would be pretty amazing.

SB 653 – this bill is kind of like SB 1000, but oddly structured – it would require new state and county buildings (but not other buildings which presumably represent the majority of new construction) of a certain size to have at least 20 stalls that are EV ready. Tesla is SUPPORTING with amendments – those amendments would basically seek to turn this bill into something closer to SB 1000 – having a percentage of spaces requirement rather than a fixed number, expanding the scope to all buildings, etc. The bill is helpful insofar as it seeks to address the concerns about making sure at least some of the building stock is evolving to meet EV needs.

SB 657 – this bill is a clean extension of the EV HOV and parking benefits to June of 2030. Tesla is SUPPORTING this bill. This is likely to get amended to include the limit on the free parking benefit on non-metered parking. See SB 1278 below.

SB 1278 – this bill would modify the EV parking benefit so that EVs can park for free for 4 hours at non-metered parking for free. It does not extend the sunset date. Tesla is OPPOSING this bill. As mentioned above, it will likely get incorporated into SB 657.

 

[nanimac]

Hearing for HB238 - HD1 (with proposed amendments) is tomorrow at 10am. Major change is that non-metered stall free parking will be limited to 4 hours max. Bye bye open-ended airport parking Saved alot of $$ over the past 6+ years but some free parking is better than none!

Notice of the hearing can be found here:
https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/hearingnotices/HEARING_TRN_02-13-19_.HTM

Updated bill language can be found here:
https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/Bills/HB238_HD1_.pdf

 

[StephenM]

Hearing for HB238 - HD1 (with proposed amendments) is tomorrow at 10am. Major change is that non-metered stall free parking will be limited to 4 hours max. Bye bye open-ended airport parking Saved alot of $$ over the past 6+ years but some free parking is better than none!

Notice of the hearing can be found here:
Hearing TRN 02-13-19.

Updated bill language can be found here:
https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/Bills/HB238_HD1_.pdf

How soon would we lose the open-ended parking? The sunset date of June 2020? Or are they ending it early? If early, do you know how soon?

 

[nanimac]

How soon would we lose the open-ended parking? The sunset date of June 2020? Or are they ending it early? If early, do you know how soon?

I think once Bill is passed. Says “This Act shall take effect upon its approval”. So a few months?

 

[gmtom1]

HB238 - The House Transportation committee deferred the bill today. I could be mistaken, but I think that means it's not moving forward and thus the proposed changes to airport parking are not moving forward. Bad part is the sunset date extension to 2030 that was part of this bill is also not moving forward.

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