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House adopts standing committee reports; sends two bills back to committees
Summary
The Hawaii House adopted a block of standing committee reports and recommitted two amended House bills to specified committees after brief floor action and voice votes.
The Hawaii House of Representatives voted to adopt a large set of standing committee reports and to recommit two amended House bills to committee.
Members adopted standing committee reports for multiple items listed on the calendar and used voice votes to carry the measures. Lawmakers also approved recommittal of two amended House bills: one was sent back to Judiciary; Hawaiian Affairs; and Agriculture and Food Systems, and the other was recommitted to the Committee on Culture and Arts.
Why it matters: adopting standing committee reports advances a group of bills through the legislative process and, in these cases, the majority of members on the floor agreed that two amended measures required additional committee work. Recommittal can delay final floor consideration but is regularly used to route amendments or direct additional review.
What the House did: Representative Todd moved to adopt the standing committee reports on the calendar. Representative Morikawa seconded. The House adopted the reports by voice vote. The body also approved recommittal motions: House Bill 1246 (as moved on the floor) was recommitted to Judiciary; Hawaiian Affairs; and Agriculture and Food Systems. House Bill 925, as amended, was recommitted to the Committee on Culture and Arts. The House subsequently recessed and later adjourned until 12:00 noon the following day.
Votes at a glance - Motion to adopt standing committee reports (multiple HSCRs listed on the calendar): moved by Representative Todd, seconded by Representative Morikawa — adopted (voice vote). - Recommittal: House Bill 1246 — recommitted to Judiciary; Hawaiian Affairs; Agriculture and Food Systems (motion carried by voice vote). - Recommittal: House Bill 925 (as amended) — recommitted to Committee on Culture and Arts (motion carried by voice vote). - Adjournment motion — carried (voice vote).
What’s next: The two recommitted bills will be returned to their named committees for further work before the House can consider them again. Because the House used voice votes for these actions, individual roll-call positions were not recorded in the floor transcript.
