A series of conference drafts were adopted by the Joint House and Senate conferees on April 25; other measures were deferred for later sessions pending committee releases from Finance or Ways and Means.

Key measures passed by conferees during the day included:

- HB 1231 (Conference Draft 1): Establishes and funds a Safe Routes to School program by creating a special fund supported by a $5 surcharge on motor vehicle registration collected by counties; clarifies automated speed enforcement, citation mailing procedures and that liability for infractions attaches to the registered vehicle owner. The conference managers stated the CD clarifies that the provision does not apply to automated license plate readers or non-biometric registration-verification technologies. The conference vote recorded aye votes from several house managers and senators and recorded at least one dissent from a house member on the record. The committee reported passage.

- HP 1409 (HD1 SD1, Conference Draft 1): Defines transit-oriented development (TOD) density for planning purposes, establishes a mixed-income subaccount within the Rental Housing Revolving Fund and authorizes the Hawaii Community Development Authority (HCDA) to use the TOD definition in its planning. Conferees adopted CD1 and recorded the measure as passed.

- HB 1298 (HD3 SD1, Conference Draft 1): Amends the proposed government employee housing program to remove a revolving fund provision from the bill text, retain a single-project limit on transit-oriented development sites, and includes planning and community engagement funding. The CD1 was adopted by conferees and the measure passed.

- HP 830 (HD2 SD2, Conference Draft 1): Revises the State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD) third-party review system proposal—limiting third-party review to residential or mixed-use development and removing applicability to historic-property projects—and sets effective dates. Conferees adopted the CD and the measure passed.

- SB 662 (Conference Draft 1): Authorizes county police officers to enforce the statewide traffic code on public streets, roadways and highways within the state; the CD1 takes effect upon approval. Conferees recorded agreement and the measure passed with release noted.

Several other measures listed on the day’s agendas were rolled to later sessions—commonly to 4:30 p.m. in Room 225—pending Finance and Ways and Means or PIN releases, including multiple workers’ compensation, collective bargaining and housing-related bills. Conferees repeatedly noted that many conference drafts were agreed but awaiting the required fiscal releases before final votes or enrollment could proceed.

Where a formal vote was taken, conferees typically adopted a conference draft (CD1) and announced the measure passed. Where the transcript records a roll or voice vote, the committee chair read back available yea/aye votes and noted excused members; not every roll call produced a full, itemized tally in the public record. For several items conferees explicitly scheduled follow-up rollings or recessed and reconvened when required releases were obtained.

Detailed vote records and next steps are listed below for measures where conferees read votes into the record.