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House passes first reading by title for incoming Senate bills
Summary
The Hawaii House of Representatives voted to pass first reading by title for senate bills transmitted via the addendum to the order of the day; the action was approved by voice vote with no individual roll call recorded.
The House of Representatives moved on a packet of senate bills on a voice vote during its floor session, approving first reading by title for bills transmitted to the clerk.
The clerk told members that they should “turn your attention to the addendum to today's order of the day” and reported receipt of communications “transmitting the noted senate bills all having passed third reading in the senate.” Representative Amy A. Morikawa moved that “all senate bills received by the clerk pass first reading by title.” Representative Derek S.K. Garcia seconded the motion, and the presiding officer announced the motion carried after a voice vote.
The action was procedural: members advanced the listed senate measures to second reading in the House by approving their first reading by title. The clerk’s announcement and the motion did not list bill numbers or provide bill descriptions on the record; specific bill identifiers and contents were not specified in the floor remarks.
No debate or substantive discussion of the bills’ content was recorded during the motion. The clerk’s floor announcement established the senate had already passed those measures on third reading in the Senate before transmission to the House. The session roll call earlier recorded 47 members present and four excused; individual votes on the motion were not recorded.
After completing the day’s business, the House adjourned until 12:00 noon the following day.
