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Votes at a glance: Senate adopts committee reports, passes several bills and disagrees to House amendments on SB140
Summary
The Senate adopted standing committee reports, confirmed multiple gubernatorial nominees on consent, passed several House bills on third reading, and voted to disagree with House amendments to SB140.
The Hawaii Senate recorded several procedural and legislative actions during the session, including adoption of standing committee reports, confirmations of nominees on consent, passage of multiple House bills on third reading, and a motion to disagree with House amendments to Senate Bill 140 (SD2).
Key actions recorded on the floor - Motion to disagree with House amendments to Senate Bill 140, SD2: Senator Wakai moved that the Senate disagree to the House amendments; the motion was seconded and carried. (Transcript note: “It's been moved and seconded. Is there any discussion? Any objections? Hearing none, the motion is carried.”)
- Adoption of standing committee reports: The Senate moved for adoption of various standing committee reports (numbers 15‑35 to 15‑36; adoption motion carried) and recorded multiple committee report referrals and notices on the calendar.
- Confirmations on consent: The Senate took advise-and-consent actions on pages 13–17 of the session packet, adopting standing committee report numbers 14‑92 to 15‑07 on governors’ messages. The clerk announced 23 ayes for most GMs with a list of specific GMs marked as no by Senator Awa earlier in the session.
- Third readings and passage (floor record): Several House bills were placed on third reading and taken on consent. The transcript records the passage of at least the following bills on third reading: - House Bill 162 HD2 SD1 (collective bargaining) — passes third reading (23 ayes recorded in the transcript for this item). - House Bill 396 HD1 SD1 (compensation for court-appointed counsel) — passed (23 ayes recorded in the transcript). - House Bill 429 HD1 SD1 (early learning) — passed (23 ayes recorded in the transcript). - House Bill 433 HD1 SD1 (public safety) — passed (23 ayes recorded in the transcript). - House Bill 413 SD1 (relating to lobbyist contributions) — taken on third reading on consent; transcript shows floor consideration but does not list an explicit roll call tally in the excerpt provided.
Vote tallies and reservations - The transcript records specific no votes by Senator Awa on a set of governor’s messages earlier in the session; where the clerk announced confirmations by tally, most nominees were confirmed on consent with recorded ayes noted in the transcript. - Where the transcript excerpt did not provide a roll-call tally for a listed bill, this summary notes the passage as recorded on the floor and marks the tally as “not specified” if not given in the excerpt.
Context Many of the items were handled on unanimous‑consent or consent calendars with limited floor debate in the provided transcript excerpt. The Senate also announced deadlines for committee report filing and scheduled a recess and reconvening time.
Actions extracted from the transcript (summary) - Motion: Disagree to House amendments to SB140 SD2 — mover: Senator Wakai; seconder: Senator Fevella; outcome: carried. - Motion: Adopt standing committee reports 15‑35 to 15‑36 — mover: Senator Wakai; seconder: Senator Fevella; outcome: carried. - Motions to adopt governor’s messages and confirm nominees on consent — outcome: confirmed; several specific “no” votes by Senator Awa recorded for listed GMs. - Third reading passings: HB162, HB396, HB429, HB433, HB413 (passage recorded; roll calls recorded for some items as noted above).
