The committee on rules of the two branches acting concurrently recommended that Joint Rule 12 be suspended with respect to a petition referencing “Joan v Lovely,” and the Senate moved to suspend Senate Rule 36 to consider the matter forthwith. After a voice vote, the chamber approved the suspensions and the matters were referred to their several committees.

The committee’s recommendation that Joint Rule 12 be suspended was read into the record by the clerk. Senator Charles moved that Rule 36 be suspended to allow immediate consideration. The presiding officer called for the ayes and noes; the ayes prevailed and Joint Rule 12 was suspended.

The action permits the referenced petition to bypass ordinary timing or referral restrictions and be sent directly to the committees identified by the rules committee. The transcript records the procedural motions and the voice vote but does not record additional debate on the underlying petition during the segment covered.

No formal amendment or roll-call tally was recorded in the transcript; the minutes show the suspensions were agreed to by voice vote and the matters were referred to their several committees. The record also notes the committee introduced a guest, Mr. Akira from the Hawaii Senate Clerk’s Office, immediately after the vote, and then recessed while awaiting additional papers.