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Votes at a glance: conference committees pass restaurant, foreclosure, coffee, pet insurance and PUC bills; many measures rolled
Summary
On April 23, 2025, joint conference committees passed several bills by concurrence—SB 102 (restaurants), SB 332 (foreclosure-sale rules), HB 1291 (expanded false-labeling penalties for Hawaii-grown coffee), HB 544 (pet insurance regulation), and HP1055 (PUC emergency appropriation)—and deferred numerous other measures for further conference work.
The joint House-Senate conference committees meeting April 23 recorded passage on multiple measures and deferred several items for additional drafting or committee releases.
Key outcomes
- SB 102 SD2 HD2 (restaurants): Managers reported agreement on a conference draft and the committee recorded concurrence and passage.
- SB 332 SD1 HD3 (foreclosures): Conference managers agreed to language that would prohibit bundling mortgage properties at public foreclosure sales and require separate bidding for each property; the committee adopted the CD and recorded passage.
- HB 1291 HD2 SD1 (agriculture / false labeling of Hawaii-grown coffee): Conferees adopted a CD1 that adds a penalty change imposing a mandatory minimum fine of $7,500 for each separate offense of false labeling of Hawaii-grown coffee; the CD1 also sets an effective date of July 1, 2025. The committee recorded the vote as passed.
- HB 544 HD1 SD1 (pet insurance): Conferees agreed to establish a pet insurance regulatory regime; the conference committee recorded passage.
- HP1055 HD1 SD1 (emergency appropriation to the Public Utilities Commission): The committee approved an emergency appropriation to the PUC for hiring consultants to support wildfire mitigation work; managers recorded house and senate aye votes with one house "no" vote noted in the transcript.
Deferred or rolled items
Several measures were rolled to April 24 (or otherwise deferred) for additional drafting or pending committee releases, including HB 70 and related condominium bills, SB 752 (insurance), SB 1220 (renewable gas tariff), SB 1500 (electric utilities pending Fin/WAM release), SB 1365 (interstate medical licensure compact), SB 1367 (installment loans; convenience fee language), HB 1370 (taxation pending FIN/WAM), and others.
Context and next steps
Where the conference committee adopted a CD, the finalized enrolled language will determine implementation and any effective dates beyond those noted in the transcript. Several measures were explicitly rolled to April 24 to allow conferees time to review newly circulated CDs or to await Fin/WAM releases; conferees planned to reconvene to complete action.
