# Hawaii HB 881: RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES.

Hawaii HB 881, RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 2) House bill sponsored by WARD; status failed, last action 2025-12-08 (Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.) (as of 2026-11-01).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB881-2026
- As of: 2026-11-01
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Hawaii HB 881
- State: Hawaii
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 2)
- Title: RELATING TO PUBLIC UTILITIES.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-21
- Last action: 2025-12-08, Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
- Sponsor: WARD
- Cosponsors: 2
- Subjects: Public Utilities Commission, Public Utilities, Electrical Corporations, Rate Securitization, Catastrophic Wildfire Expenses, Financing Orders, Recovery Bonds, Recovery Property, EEP/PBS, CPC/JHA, FIN
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Establishes and implements the Catastrophic Wildfire Securitization Act, to allow public utilities to securitize rates in order to raise capital that can be used to pay for costs and expenses arising out of catastrophic wildfires.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: WARD
- Cosponsor: Diamond Garcia (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Elijah Pierick (Republican), House

## Actions (4)

- 2025-12-08: Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
- 2025-01-23: Introduced and Pass First Reading. (House)
- 2025-01-23: Referred to EEP/PBS, CPC/JHA, FIN, referral sheet 3 (House)
- 2025-01-21: Pending introduction. (House)

## Bill text

- Original: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB881_.HTM), [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB881_.pdf)

## Related bills

- SB 847: RELATING TO PSYCHOLOGISTS. (became law)
- SB 2338: RELATING TO HOUSING. (signed)
- HB 2344: RELATING TO SCHOOL FACILITIES. (signed)
- HB 2023: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. (signed)
- HB 2021: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. (signed)
- SB 2964: RELATING TO PROPERTY INSURANCE. (signed)

## Sources
- [Original (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB881_.HTM)
- [Original (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB881_.pdf)

## Related
- [SB 847: RELATING TO PSYCHOLOGISTS.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB847-2026)
- [SB 2338: RELATING TO HOUSING.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB2338-2026)
- [HB 2344: RELATING TO SCHOOL FACILITIES.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB2344-2026)
- [HB 2023: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB2023-2026)
- [HB 2021: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB2021-2026)
- [SB 2964: RELATING TO PROPERTY INSURANCE.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB2964-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB881-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).