House adopts multiple committee reports, advances several Senate bills; select 'no' votes recorded

The Hawaii House of Representatives on the floor session adopted multiple standing committee reports, moved to disagree with Senate amendments to noted house bills and advanced several Senate bills to third reading, with several members recorded as voting "no." Representative Todd moved the initial procedural motions and Representative Morikawa seconded multiple motions throughout the session.

The actions moved bills and committee recommendations forward. Representative Todd moved to disagree with the Senate amendments to the noted house bills; Representative Morikawa seconded and the motion carried on a voice vote. The House then adopted standing committee report numbers 1662 through 1696, as listed on the House journal pages cited on the floor, and later adopted additional committee report batches including 1697 through 1714. Representative Todd moved the adoptions; Morikawa seconded.

The House also voted to suspend its rules to consider certain Senate bills for third reading by the consent calendar. Representative Morikawa moved to suspend the rules and Representative Garcia seconded; members approved the motion by voice vote. The House then moved the listed Senate bills to third reading. Representative Iwo spoke in support with reservations, calling one measure a home-rule issue that he believed should be addressed at the county level.

Recorded exceptions and minority 'no' votes were announced on the floor. Representative Morikawa read the majority vote announcement, saying that most members voted "aye" with exceptions: for standing committee report number 1656 (Senate Bill 112, SD2) Representative Lamosau was recorded as voting "no," and for standing committee report number 1658 (Senate Bill 1319, SD1) the floor record listed Representatives Amato and Iwamoto as voting "no."

Representative Garcia read the minority-members' recording of dissenting votes. She stated that, for Senate Bill 100, SD2, the following minority members were recorded as voting "no": Representatives Garcia, Matsumoto, Alcos, Shimizu, Herrick and Reyes Oda. For the entry tied to Stancom report number 1656 / Senate Bill 112, SD2, she listed as voting "no": Representatives Garcia, Matsumoto, Reyes Oda, Perek, Alcos and Shimizu. Following the roll-call announcements, the bills passed third reading where noted.

The roll call early in the session recorded 47 members present and four excused. Later in the day, Representative Morikawa moved that the House stand adjourned until 12:00 noon Monday; Representative Garcia seconded, the motion carried, and the House adjourned.

Votes at a glance (as announced on the floor): - Motion to disagree with Senate amendments to noted house bills — moved by Representative Todd; seconded by Representative Morikawa; voice vote carried. - Adoption of standing committee reports 1662–1696 — moved by Representative Todd; seconded by Representative Morikawa; voice vote carried. - Adoption of standing committee reports 1697–1714 — moved by Representative Todd; seconded by Representative Morikawa; voice vote carried. - Suspension of House rules to consider Senate bills for third reading by consent — moved by Representative Morikawa; seconded by Representative Garcia; voice vote carried. - Motion to place listed Senate bills on the calendar for third reading / pass third reading (consent calendar items including SB100 SD2, SB112 SD2, SB1319 SD1 and others) — floor announcements recorded specific "no" votes as detailed above; bills passed third reading where recorded. - Motion to adjourn until 12:00 noon Monday — moved by Representative Morikawa; seconded by Representative Garcia; voice vote carried.

The floor record lists the individual dissenting votes when the clerk announced the results; the session transcript identifies the minority and majority exceptions by name as stated above. The House did not, on the record in this transcript, provide detailed floor debate on the contents of the bills beyond the procedural motions and a brief comment by Representative Iwo noting a home-rule concern.

Ending: With procedural motions carried and specific dissenting votes recorded, the House advanced multiple measures to the next stages and adjourned until the time announced by the presiding officer.