SB 701

Hawaii Senate bill in Session 2026.

Status: in_committee. Latest action: January 23, 2025.

Solar Distributed Energy Resource Systems; Building Permits; Online Automated Permitting Platform; Self-Certification Process.

Bill ID HI-2026-SB-701
Session 2026
Status in_committee
Committee EIG/GVO, CPN/WAM
Senate in_committee 2025-01-23
Energy Infrastructure / Utilities Social Media / Online Safety
Summary

Requires government entities in the State that issue building permits to implement SolarAPP+ or a functionally equivalent online automated permitting platform that verifies code compliance and issues permits to licensed contractors for solar distributed energy resource systems in real-time by 1/1/2026. Requires government entities in the State that issue building permits in areas served by an investor-owned electric utility to adopt a self-certification process for solar distributed energy resource systems that are not SolarAPP+ compatible.

Sponsor
Mike Gabbard
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Actions Timeline
Date Event Detail
0000-00-00 Introduced Bill introduced
2025-01-23 Status in_committee
2025-01-23 Latest Action Referred to EIG/GVO, CPN/WAM.
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