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Hawaii Senate approves discrimination and wastewater bills, disagrees to House amendments on several concurrent resolutions
Summary
During a floor session, the Hawaii Senate carried final reading on Senate Bill 116 (HD1) on discrimination and Senate Bill 946 (HD3) on wastewater management, and voted to disagree with House amendments to multiple Senate concurrent resolutions; several no votes were recorded on specific measures.
The Hawaii Senate on the floor carried final reading on two bills and voted to disagree to House amendments on a set of Senate concurrent resolutions during its session.
Senators approved final reading of Senate Bill 116, House Draft 1, described in the floor call as relating to discrimination. The roll call for that final reading produced a tally of 23 ayes and 2 no votes; the transcript records “No vote for senators Awan, Dickert.”
The chamber also carried final reading of Senate Bill 946, House Draft 3, relating to wastewater management. That measure likewise passed final reading by a vote of 23 ayes and 2 nos; the transcript records the tally but does not name the no votes for SB 946.
Earlier in the session, Senator Wakai moved that the Senate “disagree to the amendments proposed by the house to various senate concurrent resolutions referenced since house communications number 771 to 780.” The motion was seconded by a senator who identified themselves as Descartes. The motion was carried without recorded objections, and the chair said conferees may be named at a later date.
On a related floor action, the Senate moved for the adoption of standing committee reports and a group of House concurrent resolutions. Senator Wakai made the motion; Senator DeCorte seconded. The motion carried. The transcript records two senators marking no votes on specific items: Senator Awad asked to have her no votes recorded for SSCR 1931 and HCR 70 HD1 (and listed other specific items), and Senator DeCorte asked the chair to mark down his no vote for SSCR 1931 HCR 70 HD1.
The session began with the chair calling the roll (the chair announced “All 25 members are present”), and included several ceremonial introductions of visiting groups in the gallery, such as the Hawaii Building and Construction Trades Council and veterans’ organizations, which were acknowledged by senators but did not form part of the formal floor actions described above.
The Senate adjourned at the close of the session and scheduled itself to reconvene at 11:30 a.m. the following day.
