Hawaii data center and energy bills
Every data center and energy bill in the Hawaii Legislature, what each would do, and where it stands. 29 states enacted data center and energy laws in the 2025 and 2026 sessions. Hawaii has bills in progress and none enacted yet.
- Bills in scope
- 2bills in scope
- Past committee
- 2past committee
- Most recent action
- 27 April 2026most recent action
Data center and energy in Hawaii, by topic
Large-load tariffs and cost allocation
1 bill. Enacted in 19 states.
Tax incentives and clawbacks
1 bill. Enacted in 11 states.
Water, cooling and emissions
1 bill. Enacted in 7 states.
Grid reliability and load flexibility
1 bill. Enacted in 11 states.
Data center and energy bills in Hawaii
The bills not yet law, furthest along first, with what each would do.
2Past committee
2 bills in scope
Past committee
2
What it would do: Requests the Hawaii State Energy Office to convene a working group to study potential impacts of large data centers requiring five megawatts or more instantaneous demand on Hawaii's electric utilities, ratepayers, natural resources, and climate goals, with a report due twenty days before the 2027 legislative session.
What it would do: Reinstates the technology infrastructure renovation tax credit at four percent of renovation costs through December 31, 2027, and expands the definition of technology-enabled infrastructure to include data servers.
Bill titles link to the Hawaii Legislature's own page.
What counts as data center and energy legislation
In scope: Large-load tariffs and cost allocation; siting, zoning and permitting; tax incentives and clawbacks; on-site and co-located generation; water, cooling and emissions; and grid reliability and load flexibility.
Questions
Does Hawaii have a data center and energy law?
None of the 2 data center and energy bills in the Hawaii Legislature has been enacted in the 2025 and 2026 sessions. 2 bills got past a committee.
Which data center and energy bills are moving in Hawaii?
2 bills not yet law have passed a committee or a chamber, the furthest along HCR 206 (passed chamber) and SB 338 (passed chamber).
What does Hawaii legislate on most in data center and energy?
Large-load tariffs and cost allocation (1 bill), Tax incentives and clawbacks (1 bill) and Water, cooling and emissions (1 bill).
Are these summaries reviewed by a lawyer?
No. Which bills count as Data center and energy bills, and the line on what each law requires or each bill would do, are drafted by software from the bill's own text and not reviewed by an attorney. Every bill links to the legislature's own record: read the text before relying on it. The list covers bills from the 2025 and 2026 sessions.
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Data center and energy legislation in other jurisdictions
49 more currently hold bills in this tracker
- Virginia83
- New Jersey68
- Congress61
- Pennsylvania38
- Michigan35
- Illinois23
- West Virginia22
- Maryland21
- New York19
- California16
- South Dakota14
- Minnesota13
- Oklahoma13
- South Carolina13
- Georgia12
- Indiana12
- Iowa11
- Montana11
- Ohio11
- Tennessee11
- Texas11
- Arkansas9
- Arizona9
- Connecticut9
- Idaho9
- Louisiana9
- North Carolina9
- Nebraska8
- Utah8
- Wisconsin8
- Delaware7
- Kentucky7
- Washington7
- Kansas6
- New Hampshire6
- Colorado5
- Florida5
- Missouri5
- Massachusetts4
- North Dakota4
- Rhode Island4
- Vermont4
- Maine3
- Oregon3
- Alaska2
- Alabama2
- Mississippi2
- New Mexico2
- Wyoming2
Know when Hawaii's data center and energy law changes
An alert when a bill moves, and one report a month on what changed in every state and Congress.