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Votes at a glance: Committee recommendations from the Feb. 17 House Water & Land hearing
Summary
The House Committee on Water and Land advanced a package of bills on Feb. 17, recommending passage with amendments for HB 18-17 (fishery limits), HB 2616 (Banyan Drive district), HB 2056 (appropriation to City & County of Honolulu) and multiple housing, agriculture and energy measures; several members recorded reservations or no votes on specific items.
At the Feb. 17 session the House Committee on Water and Land recorded committee recommendations on a long agenda. Key committee actions and noted committee report items are below.
- HB 18-17 (bag limit for 'ama'ama): Recommendation to pass with HD1; deferred setting precise bag limits to DLNR rulemaking and limited application to areas without existing management plans. Chair noted DLNR needs time for stakeholder engagement; committee advanced with recorded 'aye' votes.
- HB 2056 (appropriations to the City & County of Honolulu): Committee recommended passage with HD1 and FEC amendments and included $3,250,000 in the committee report for the city; at least one member stated a 'no' vote and several members recorded reservations during the roll call discussion.
- HB 2616 (Banyan Drive community development district): Committee recommended passage with HD1, adopting HCDA and OHA amendments and structuring lineal-descendant participation primarily via a community advisory council rather than as voting board positions; committee adopted the recommendation.
- Multiple other bills (housing measures such as HB 1740, HB 1718; development standards HB 1919; agriculture HB 1603; university HB 2171; energy HB 1984; and others) were advanced with chair recommendations, technical amendments, or reservations noted. Several members announced votes with reservations or stated they would vote 'no' on specific measures where concerns remain (parking impacts, Mauna Kea applicability, perceived favoring of particular enterprises, or insufficient detail on fiscal consequences).
Procedural notes: Chair repeatedly reminded testifiers and members of the floor deadline and that measures not reaching the floor would die. Many measures advanced carried committee directions for agency follow-up (for example, DLNR asked to provide specifics on Hilo Bay stock enhancement history). The committee adjourned after completing the agenda.
