The House Committee on Economic Development took final action on multiple concurrent resolutions during the hearing. The chair's recommendations were adopted on the following items (outcomes and any recorded vote notes are listed):

HCR157 / HR152 — Recommendation: pass as is. Committee recorded the chair and vice chair as "aye"; Representative Holt and Representative Todd were excused for the remainder of the hearing. The chair announced the resolutions were adopted.

HCR118 / HR114 (Michelin Guide for restaurants across the state) — Recommendation: pass with amendments to include county participation in a cost-sharing agreement with the State of Hawaii. The committee adopted the chair's amendment and passed the resolutions; vote was by voice and recorded as ayes.

HCR192 / HR? (Tourism and gaming working group) — Recommendation: pass with amendments. The committee changed the focus toward economic opportunities for Native Hawaiian communities, removed corporations as voting participants, and allowed chairs or designees to serve; Representative Tempo and Representative Matsumoto registered reservations on the vote. The measure passed as amended.

HCR156 / HR151 (advanced manufacturing and cybersecurity focus for HTDC) — Recommendation: pass as is. The committee adopted the measure by voice vote.

HCR119 / HR115 (endorse Taiwan's international participation and support a U.S.–Taiwan bilateral trade agreement) — Recommendation: pass with amendment to add the President of the Republic of China as a recipient of the resolution. The committee adopted the chair's recommended amendment and passed the resolutions.

HCR33 / HR32 (relocate the Pearl City post office) — Recommendation: pass as is. The committee approved the resolution asking the Postmaster General to consider relocation to Navy property on the Pearl City Peninsula.

HCR211 / HR203 (economic development – technology) — Action: the committee replaced the draft text with new language concerning fire-insurance and fire-code provisions for Lava Zones 1 and 2 in Puna; because the language was new, decision-making was deferred to the next hearing (new decision making scheduled for March 28). The committee published the new language for public review.

HCR209 / HR201 (import substitution) — Recommendation: pass with amendments to define import substitution, prevent new import dependencies (including fossil fuels), and leverage state/utility purchasing power; the State Energy Office and the Public Utilities Commission were added as recipients. The committee passed the amended resolution.

HCR140 / HR134 (Hawaii–New Zealand ties) — Recommendation: pass with amendments adopting MOU language rather than a formal sister-state framework and using the term "Aotearoa, New Zealand." The committee passed the amended resolution.

Across items, most actions were taken by voice vote with chair and vice chair recorded as "aye." A small number of representatives were recorded as excused for portions of the hearing; a handful of members registered reservations on specific items as noted above.

Why it matters: The committee's actions advance multiple policy inquiries and state requests for intergovernmental cooperation, economic development studies and targeted administrative follow-up. Several items now direct DBEDT and other state agencies to provide follow-up or to support working-group staffing discussions.

What happens next: Passed concurrent resolutions will be forwarded through legislative processes or transmitted to named recipients (federal or state agencies) as applicable; items deferred will return to committee for decision making.