The Joint House and Senate Conference Committee convened on April 25, 2025, and recorded actions on multiple conference measures. Several bills were passed with amendments on the record; others were rolled for later consideration or deferred pending FIN/WAM releases.

This summary lists each bill that the committee approved in the transcript, with the committee’s stated recommendation and the material details recorded on the floor. Vote counts are taken from the committee record; where individual vote names were listed on the transcript they are included. If a vote or detail was not specified in the transcript, the entry notes that it was not specified.

Votes at a glance

- SB 8-25 SD2 HD2 (relating to eviction mediation): Recommendation—pass with amendments. Senate members recorded ayes from the chair, Co-Chair Hashimoto and Co-Chair Rhodes; Senator Fukunaga voted aye; Senator McKelvey was excused. On the House side, Chair Matayoshi voted aye; Co-Chair Poipoi was excused; Representative Chun voted aye; Representative Puric was recorded as voting no. The committee announced the bill as passed with amendments on the record.

- SB 13-67 SD1 HD1 (relating to installment loans): Recommendation—pass with amendments. The conference draft noted inclusion of a five-year time frame and an $11 convenience fee; the effective date was corrected on the record. Senate and House chairs recorded ayes and the committee recorded the measure as passed with amendments.

- SB 12-20 SD2 HD1 (relating to a renewable gas tariff): Recommendation—pass with amendments. Committee members recorded agreement and a ways-and-means/FIN release on both sides; the committee described the bill as creating an expedited process to establish a renewable gas tariff and recorded passage with amendments.

- SB 1,500 SD2 HD1 (relating to electric utilities): Recommendation—pass with amendments. The transcript shows multiple rollings and releases during the day; when taken up later the committee recorded passage with amendments.

- HB 1,370 (relating to taxation — draft-beer definition for liquor tax): Recommendation—pass (conference draft). Committee members voted aye on the record; the CD updated the definition of draft beer to mean beer in an individual container of 5 gallons or more effective Jan. 26 (effective date text recorded as part of the CD on the record).

- HB 9-39 HD1 ST2 (relating to alcohol/liquor tax): The transcript shows the committee reviewed a conference draft and waited for release; the item was rolled multiple times to later agendas and then deferred. Final disposition recorded in the transcript: deferred/not acted on at that time.

- HB 10-52 HD1 SD2 (Universal Service Program): Recommendation—pass (CD). The committee recorded a passage of a CD that clarifies the Public Utilities Commission may use funds to provide free telecommunications access to individuals with print disabilities; a $150,000 cap was recorded for fiscal impact.

- HB 8-30 HD2 SD2 (relating to historic preservation reviews): The transcript shows the committee reconvened on this bill and rolled it to a later agenda (04:30 in Room 225) while waiting for FIN release; no final committee vote was recorded in the transcript.

- SB 10-44 SD2 HD2 (relating to stabilization of property insurance): Recommendation—pass with amendments. See separate article for detailed appropriations adopted on the record (30M GO reimbursable to HHRF; 20M GO reimbursable to HGIA; 5M transfer from HHRF to HGIA; 36-month assessment periods; temporary recording fee up to $44 subject to Insurance Commissioner approval).

Rolls and deferrals noted on the record

Several measures were repeatedly rolled during the day to later time slots (03:50, 03:55, 05:30, 05:56, or 06:15) while the conference committee awaited FIN or WAM releases or the circulating conference draft. The transcript records that the committee deferred or rolled the following items at various points in the day: SB 1,500 (at times), HB 9-39, HB 8-30, and other items listed on the agendas noted in the transcript.

Limitations: This summary relies on the committee’s spoken record in the transcript. For some bills the committee recorded only a recommendation (for example, “pass with amendments”) and did not read full statutory text into the record; specific statutory language and exact vote tallies beyond the named ayes/absences in the transcript are not available in the record.