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Votes at a glance: committee recommendations from House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs (March 19, 2025)
Summary
The committee took final action to advance multiple bills to the Finance Committee and to conference, recording technical amendments and specific deletions on several measures. This roundup lists each measure the committee moved and its recorded outcome as reflected in the hearing transcript.
The House Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs took action on multiple measures during its March 19, 2025 hearing and decision‑making session. Below is a compact summary of committee recommendations, the action taken and any vote notes recorded in the transcript. Where the transcript did not provide a complete roll call or tally, the entry notes missing details.
Votes at a glance
- SB104 (SD2, HD1) — Corrections (restrictive housing): Advanced to Finance with technical amendments (chair’s cleanup language; clarified non‑interference with scheduled releases). Transcript: “Recommendation is adopted.” Some members recorded reservations; full roll not provided.
- SB825 (SD2, HD1) — Eviction mediation: Advanced to Finance with technical amendments. Transcript: “Recommendation adopted.”
- SB1388 (SD2, HD1) — School Facilities Authority board membership: Advanced to conference with amendments retaining ex‑officio placements and effective‑date language. One no vote or reservation recorded by a member; transcript notes reservations by Representative Garcia and Representative Shimizu.
- SB423 (SD1, HD1) — Early Learning Board (Head Start representation): Advanced to conference with clarifying language to preserve required provider representation; recommendation adopted.
- SB1009 (SD2, HD1) — Parking fines and Safe Routes to School funding: Advanced to Finance with amendments that (a) adopt suggested changes from public commenters and (b) add a provision that an enforcement officer may not fine a vehicle parked in an EV space if the charging station is visibly inoperable at the time of citation and the officer documents the inoperability. Recommendation adopted.
- SB662 (SD1, HD1) — County police enforcement of statewide traffic code: Advanced to Finance with technical amendments; recommendation adopted.
- SB1667 (SD2, HD1) — Transportation omnibus (automated enforcement, penalties): Committee deleted several sections, delayed some effective dates to July 1, 2027, extended certain reporting windows to 12 months, and advanced the remaining measure to Finance with technical amendments; Judiciary asked for coordination and potential appropriation to upgrade court systems. Transcript recorded reservations by Representative Shimizu and a no vote by Representative Garcia.
- SB763 (SD2, HD1) — Department of Law Enforcement agricultural enforcement program: Advanced to Finance with conforming edits to deputy‑director language; recommendation adopted.
- SB935 (SD2, HD1) — Retirement (ERS changes): Committee deleted section reducing the judges’ multiplier; retained a Tier 2 vesting reduction to 5 years and other provisions pending ERS/Budget cost estimates; advanced to Finance with technical amendments. One recorded no vote from Representative Garcia.
- SB1324 (SD2) — Fireworks (incorporating HB1483): Committee adopted House language and included additional clarifications to preserve commercial/permit operations for professional displays; advanced with reservations on neighbor‑island consumer‑product concerns.
- SB694 — Detention of minors: Committee amended subsections to allow temporary holding in certified adult lockups with sight‑and‑sound separation and OYS certification authority; advanced with a defective effective date for conference.
What the transcript records (procedural notes)
- Many recommendations were described as “adopted” without a complete on‑record roll call; a few measures recorded specific no or reservation votes (for example, Representative Garcia cast a no vote on several items and some members noted reservations). Where the transcript lists a named vote, that name is noted above; where the roll was not printed, the committee’s action is listed and the transcript is cited as the source.
Next steps
Most measures were advanced to the Finance Committee for fiscal analysis or to conference with statutory language edits. Several items (notably SB1667 and SB935) were moved with explicit directions that agencies provide technical or actuarial cost estimates before further action.
