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House adopts committee-report packages, suspends rules and advances dozens of measures in floor session
Summary
The House took multiple procedural and substantive actions, including suspending rules to reconsider items, adopting standing committee reports, passing numerous senate bills on third reading by consent and moving a set of house resolutions. Several individual votes and recorded no-votes were read into the record during roll-call announcements.
The House of Representatives conducted roll call, considered procedural motions and adopted multiple standing committee reports and legislative measures during the floor session.
Procedural motions. Early in the session Representative Todd moved to disagree to amendments made by the Senate to noted house bills; Representative Morikawa seconded the motion and the House carried the voice vote. Representative Todd also moved to suspend the rules to reconsider action on House Resolution No. 128 and House Concurrent Resolution No. 133; Representative Morikawa seconded, and the motion carried on a voice vote. Representative Todd then moved to adopt HR128 and HCR133 as presented; Representative Morikawa seconded. Representative Iwamoto rose in opposition and said she would vote no, citing concerns about a floating dock in Pearl Harbor and possible military implications. The motion to adopt was carried on a voice vote.
Suspension for Senate bills and third reading. The House voted to suspend the rules to consider certain Senate bills for third reading on the consent calendar; Representative Garcia seconded the motion. The chamber then adopted a succession of standing committee reports and passed accompanying Senate bills on third reading; for many measures the presiding officer announced which members cast minority no votes on specific bills as part of the record.
Committee-report packages. The floor considered lengthy sets of standing committee reports (examples cited on the floor include ranges such as 1789–1894 and later 1895–1937 in the transcript), taking voice votes and recording reservations, opposition and no votes for particular members. Multiple representatives asked permission to insert written comments into the journal when they registered reservations.
Other floor actions. The floor also advanced bills to second and third reading placement on the calendar and concluded with a motion to adjourn until 12:00 noon the next day; the motion to adjourn was carried.
Roll-call announcements. During recorded announcements of votes on the measures before the chamber, the clerk and floor leaders read lists of members who voted no on particular Senate measures and committee-report items; those lists are included in the official House record.
Because the session adopted many measures by committee-report packages and by consent, reporters and stakeholders should consult the official House journal and the committee referral sheets to see the final disposition and any appended written comments for each standing committee report and bill.
