HI SB2955

Requires rental motor vehicle lessors operating in Hawaii with more than 200 light duty passenger vehicles to incorporate zero-emission vehicles into their fleets according to the following schedule: at least 10% by July 1, 2026; at least 25% by July 1, 2028; and at least 50% by July 1, 2030.

Mandates all lessors in the State report annually to the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs beginning in 2021, detailing the make, model, license plate number, and fuel type of each rental motor vehicle in their fleet.

Defines zero-emission vehicles to include battery electric vehicles, hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles with 16 or more kilowatt hours of battery storage (plug-in hybrids with less storage count as partial zero-emission vehicles).

Establishes a task force within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to develop a comprehensive plan addressing infrastructure development, financing, vehicle availability, impacts on rental costs, and operational expenses for supporting zero-emission vehicles in rental fleets.

Appropriates general revenue funds for fiscal year 2018-2019 to support the task force; the task force must submit findings and recommendations to the legislature by 20 days before the 2019 regular session and is dissolved on June 30, 2019.