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Hawaii Senate adopts standing committee reports, schedules hearing on three resolutions
Summary
The Hawaii State Senate approved standing committee reports 1178–1207, filed the governor's message on salaries, and granted a waiver under Senate Rule 21 to hold a government-operations hearing on three resolutions on March 20.
The Hawaii State Senate on March 19 approved the adoption of standing committee reports numbered 1178 through 1207 and granted a waiver to hold a public hearing on three resolutions, senators said.
Senator Kurt Wakai moved for adoption of the standing committee reports, saying, "I move for the adoption of standing committee reports numbers 1178 to 1207." Senator Donovan Descartes seconded the motion, and the presiding officer said the motion was carried. The clerk earlier recorded the chamber's attendance as 24 present and 1 excused.
The action clears a bundle of committee reports to be entered in the Senate record; the reports themselves and the bills they accompany were not described on the floor. On page 6 of the journal the presiding officer placed standing committee report numbers 1208 and 1209 on one-day notice.
Senator McKelvey requested a waiver of the public-notice requirement under Senate Rule 21 to allow the Committee on Government Operations to meet a first-lateral deadline. The presiding officer granted the waiver. "Your committee on government operations will hold a public hearing on SR 215, SCR 239, and SCR 444 this afternoon, Thursday, March 20, at 3 p.m. in Conference Room 225," McKelvey said; the senator also said the notice was filed with the clerk's office that morning. The transcript did not contain descriptions of the three resolutions; their substantive text is not specified on the floor.
The Senate also filed Governor's Message No. 7, which transmits the report and recommendations of the Commission on Salaries to the 2025 Legislature; the clerk marked the message "file." The clerk and the presiding officer did not provide further detail about the commission's recommendations during the floor session.
Senator Wakai moved that the Senate stand adjourned until 11:30 a.m. the following day; Senator Jill N. Copp seconded that motion, and the presiding officer declared the motion carried.
Votes at a glance
- Adoption of standing committee reports nos. 1178'1207: motion moved by Senator Kurt Wakai, seconded by Senator Donovan Descartes; outcome: adopted (motion carried; no roll-call tally recorded on the transcript). - Waiver for Government Operations committee hearing under Senate Rule 21: requested by Senator McKelvey; outcome: granted. Hearing scheduled for March 20 at 3:00 p.m. in Conference Room 225. Resolutions listed on the floor as SR 215, SCR 239, and SCR 444; descriptions not specified. - Governor's Message No. 7 (Commission on Salaries report to the 2025 Legislature): filed (clerk).
