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Votes at a glance: Key outcomes from the House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs hearing, Feb. 13
Summary
A summary of the committee’s disposition on measures heard Feb. 13, including which bills were advanced, which were deferred, and notable recorded no or reservation votes.
The House Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs completed hearings and recorded committee recommendations on multiple bills on Feb. 13. Below are the committee’s recorded dispositions and relevant notes from the hearing transcript.
Summary of committee actions (selected bills):
- HB 655 (relating to motor vehicles): Recommendation adopted and moved forward. Recorded no vote: Representative Shimizu (no). (Committee reported recommendation adopted.)
- HB 697 (automated speed enforcement evidence/certification; appropriation): Adopted with attorney general amendment. Recorded no vote: Representative Garcia registered a no. (Moved to finance.)
- HB 711 (restitution for death caused by DUI): Deferred. Committee concluded that remedies more properly belong in civil court; measure deferred.
- HB 108 (direct shipment of beer and distilled spirits): Adopted with attorney general and technical amendments; moved to finance.
- HB 322 (automatic voter registration): Moved to finance as introduced; committee clarified opt‑out postcard process. Recorded no vote: Representative Garcia.
- HB 380 (repeal of state preemption for tobacco products): Moved to finance as introduced; recorded reservation(s) on the record. (Supporters and opponents both testified extensively.)
- HB 594 (hotel service disruption notice and remedies): Moved to Consumer Protection and Commerce with drafting revisions to narrow penalty language and define "guest" to include hotel services users; reservation recorded from Representative Shimizu.
- HB 642 (administrative rules posting in accessible format): Moved to finance with requested effective date change; committee asked for accessible‑document considerations.
- HB 686 (community outreach boards): Moved to finance with amendments suggested by the Office of Information Practices and the Public First Law Center.
- HB 1150 (suspending statute of limitations during tax appeals): Moved to finance with technical edits.
- HB 1376 (reduce number incarcerated in private out‑of‑state facilities): Moved to finance with technical amendment clarifying the bill applies to facilities "operated for profit or under a public private partnership." Recorded no vote: Representative Garcia; reservation: Representative Shimizu.
How to read the roll calls: Committee roll call statements in the transcript sometimes recorded individual no votes or reservations; full roll‑call tallies were not read for every item in the transcript. The committee commonly reported "recommendation adopted" or "moved forward" after chair motions, with specific no votes or reservations entered in the record when stated.
Ending note: Bills advanced to finance or Consumer Protection and Commerce will return to the full House if those committees report them favorably.
