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Senate Ways and Means committee advances a slate of House bills, mostly on voice votes

April 05, 2025 | Senate Committee on Ways and Means, Senate, Legislative , Hawaii


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Senate Ways and Means committee advances a slate of House bills, mostly on voice votes
The Senate Committee on Ways and Means recommended passage of a series of House bills during its session, advancing measures with either committee amendments or unamended recommendations and recording committee concerns for the official report.

The committee moved forward on at least 11 House bills on the agenda, adopting recommendations either to pass unamended or to pass with amendments. Many motions passed by voice vote or brief roll call. Committee members asked that concerns be noted in committee reports where the committee did not amend language.

The measures and committee recommendations recorded during the session included:

- House Bill 309 — Recommendation: pass with amendments affecting the date to 02/1950. Recommendation adopted (chair and members recorded as voting aye).

- House Bill 344 — Recommendation: pass with amendments. Recommendation adopted (chair and members recorded as voting aye).

- House Bill 423 — Recommendation: pass unamended. Recommendation adopted.

- House Bill 596 — Recommendation: pass with amendments affecting the effective date to 02/1950; committee report to include Department of Defense concerns and testimony. Recommendation adopted.

- House Bill 750 — Recommendation: pass unamended despite concerns; committee requested that those concerns be included in the committee report for the conference committee to consider. Recommendation adopted.

- House Bill 833 — Recommendation: pass unamended. Recommendation adopted.

- House Bill 987 — Recommendation: pass unamended. Recommendation adopted.

- House Bill 988 — Recommendation: pass unamended. Recommendation adopted.

- House Bill 1161 — Recommendation: pass unamended; the committee report will reflect requested amendments from the Department of Transportation so conference committee can consider them. Recommendation adopted.

- House Bill 1483 — Recommendation: pass unamended. Recommendation adopted (one member stated they were "voting no with reservation," which the clerk recorded; the transcript did not specify that member by name).

Votes were generally recorded in sequence by the chair calling for members to indicate their votes; multiple measures recorded a standard sequence of "Chair votes aye," "Vice Chair votes aye," followed by individual senators announcing "Aye." Where members registered a reservation or a dissent, the record noted it but did not always attach a name in the verbatim transcript.

Ending: The committee moved through its scheduled bills quickly; for some measures the committee intentionally declined to amend language to meet filing deadlines but asked that concerns be documented in the committee report for the conference committee to address.

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