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Senate advances multiple third‑reading bills; marijuana measure fails
Summary
The Hawaii Senate took third reading votes on a package of bills and routine business during its session, approving most measures taken up and defeating one.
The Hawaii Senate took third reading votes on a package of bills and routine business during its session, approving most measures taken up and defeating one. By voice or recorded counts on the floor, senators passed bills on water pollution, animal spaying and neutering, condominiums, marine life conservation districts, mental health, geothermal resources, University of Hawaii matters and aircraft regulation. A measure relating to marijuana failed on third reading.
The third‑reading actions were taken largely by unanimous consent except for nine bills that the chamber considered individually. Senate members recorded votes or reservations on several measures; where the clerk recorded counts on the floor, those tallies are reported below.
Votes at a glance
- Senate Bill 319 (Standing Committee Report 714), relating to marijuana — failed on third reading (for the record: 11 ayes, 12 noes). The clerk later recorded the final count as 11 ayes and 12 nos.
- Senate Bill 329 (Standing Committee Report 722), relating to water pollution — passed third reading (vote tally not specified on the record).
- Senate Bill 1023, SD1 (Standing Committee Report 723), relating to spaying and neutering of animals — passed third reading (record on the floor: 23 ayes). Senators Richards and Keohokalole registered reservations during consideration.
- Senate Bill 744, SD1 (Standing Committee Report 779), relating to condominiums — passed third reading (vote tally not specified on the record).
- Senate Bill 841, SD1 (Standing Committee Report 780), relating to marine life conservation districts — passed third reading (22 ayes, 1 no; the lone recorded no vote was Senator Awa).
- Senate Bill 1042, SD1 (Standing Committee Report 782), relating to mental health — passed third reading (22 ayes, 1 no; a no was recorded for Senator Awa; Senator McKelvey registered a reservation).
- Senate Bill 1269, SD1 (Standing Committee Report 783), relating to geothermal resources — passed third reading (22 ayes, 1 no; a no vote for Senator Awa was recorded).
- Senate Bill 1530 (Standing Committee Report 787), relating to the University of Hawaii — passed third reading (record on the floor: 23 ayes). Several senators registered reservations during consideration.
- Senate Bill 1197, SD1 (Standing Committee Report 790), relating to aircraft — passed third reading (21 ayes, 2 noes; no votes recorded for Senators Richards and Inouye).
Other floor actions and procedure
- Referral waiver: Senator Dela Cruz requested, and the presiding officer granted, a waiver of referral for Senate Bill 1621, SD1 to the Committee on Ways and Means to meet the first taking deadline; the clerk announced one‑day notice for the bill’s third reading.
- The Senate set the deadline for filing standing committee reports for third reading at 11 p.m. the same day and voted to stand in recess with the journal left open until 11 p.m. The chamber planned to reconvene at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 4.
What the record shows and what it does not
Floor announcements and the clerk’s counts are reflected above. Where the presiding officer or clerk did not announce a numerical tally on the record for a particular bill, the vote tally is reported as “not specified.” Individual roll‑call vote sheets (if filed later with the clerk) may contain the full member‑by‑member record; the transcript on the floor recorded some individual no votes or reservations but did not always provide a complete roll‑call listing in the spoken record.
The session also included ceremonial introductions and the reading and approval of the prior day’s journal before the chamber moved to business and third reading consideration.
