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Joint House and Senate Conference rolls multiple measures to April 23; no votes taken
Summary
The Joint House and Senate Conference convened April 22 at the Hawaii State Capitol and postponed consideration of a long list of bills — including measures on transportation, motor vehicles, and the state budget — to reconvene April 23 at 10:30 a.m. in Conference Room 329 due to absent members and concurrent hearings.
Unidentified Speaker 1 opened the Joint House and Senate Conference on April 22 and announced that the listed measures would not be voted on today and were intended to be rolled to reconvene tomorrow, April 23, at 10:30 a.m. in Conference Room 329 at the Hawaii State Capitol. “None of these will be voted on and the intent is to roll these all to reconvene tomorrow,” the speaker said.
Unidentified Speaker 2 said there was agreement on many measures and an intent to vote, but several Senate Judiciary Committee members serving as co-chairs were participating in confirmation hearings and would not be present, preventing a quorum. “We have a number where there is agreement and the intent was to be voting right now,” the speaker said, adding that the committee appreciated members’ patience.
The meeting listed a broad set of Senate and House measures that were introduced and then deferred to the April 23 reconvening. Among the measures named were Senate Bill 21 (water carriers), SB 97 (motor vehicles), SB 117 (transportation), SB 1216 (transportation), SB 1526 (Drug and Alcohol Toxicology Testing Laboratory), SB 934 (state budget), SB 344 (highway safety), SB 597 (administrative driver’s license revocation), SB 1008 (parking), SB 1102 (Aircraft Rescue Firefighting Unit), and SB 1522 (vehicle title transfers); House measures included HB 226 (windshield tinting), HB 228 (license plates), HB 667 and HB 958 (transportation), HB 1156 (special facility revenue bonds), HB 1161, HB 1164, HB 1167 (emergency appropriation for Department of Transportation), HB 860 (liability), HB 1162 (motorcycle instruction permits), HB 1259 (transportation) and HB 1422 (motor carriers). For each item the committee named Senate and House cochairs and members before agreeing to move consideration to the next day.
No motions with recorded movers, seconds or roll-call votes were taken; the announced procedural action was to reconvene and continue consideration on April 23 at 10:30 a.m. in Conference Room 329. The committee concluded with brief closing remarks thanking members for accommodating concurrent hearings downstairs and then adjourned. “We adjourn,” Unidentified Speaker 1 said.
Next step: the conference committee is scheduled to reconvene April 23 at 10:30 a.m. in Conference Room 329 to consider the listed measures. If quorum is present and disagreement remains, votes or further debate will be recorded at that time.
