2027 Legislative Session Bills

Carbon Cashback Hawai‘i has broadened its advocacy efforts beyond carbon cashback to include other measures that reduce the cost of our energy transition and lead us toward energy independence.

Here are our 2027 legislative session priorities and bills:

Carbon Cashback (flyer)

Put a fee on fossil fuel pollution and return the revenues to taxpayers as equal-share rebates, cutting emissions and financially benefitting most households, particularly lower-income families

These bills also reestablishes the agricultural development and food security special fund

Balcony Solar (flyer) (Honolulu Star-Advertiser Island Voices)

These bills allow apartment dwellers and renters to install small, affordable plug-in solar electricity systems without permits or hassle

Cleaner Electricity Generation - RPS

This bill strengthens Hawai‘i’s Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) to ensure only clean energy sources qualify as “renewables”

Transition to Clean Vehicles

This bill provides clean-vehicle purchase rebates for both lower-income individuals and high-mileage drivers, or “gasoline superusers”

Streamline Rooftop Solar Permitting

This bill streamlines permitting to allow qualified professionals to approve the start of installation of home energy projects like rooftop solar

Healthy Soils Program

These bills establishe and fund a program that supports farmers with tools and knowledge for soil practices that capture carbon