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Votes at a glance: committee recommendations and recorded outcomes from Feb. 11 hearing
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Summary
Committee roll‑call and recommendation outcomes for bills considered Feb. 11: HB2118 (pass), HB2473 (pass with amendments), HB2603 (pass with amendments), HB2140 (pass with amendments), HB2411 (pass with amendments), HB2138 (pass with amendments), HB1611 (pass with amendments), HB1607 (procurement consolidation passed). Several bills (including HB1843 and HB1945) were deferred.
Below are the committee actions and recorded outcomes taken on bills in the Feb. 11 joint hearing of the House Committee on Economic Development & Technology and House Labor Committee. These are committee recommendations, not enacted law.
- HB2118 (Align cultural agencies with economic development): Chair recommendation to pass as is. Vote recorded: Chair and Vice Chair aye; Representative Tam aye; Representative Temple aye; Representative Yamashita aye; Representative Gideon aye; Representative Holt excused. Outcome: Recommendation adopted by committee (passed out of committee).
- HB2473 (protecting Hawaiian sense of place / cultural protections): Committee recommended passing with amendments. Outcome: Recommendation adopted by both committees.
- HB2603 (facilitated permitting): Committee recommended passing with amendments (including striking immediate appropriations and deferring the effective date to allow scoping). Outcome: Recommendation adopted.
- HB2140 (permitting pilot / essential permitting positions): Committee recommended passing with amendments; outcome adopted.
- HB2411 (sector partnerships; workforce): Committee recommended passing with amendments and adding $700,000 in the standing committee report for the special fund; outcome adopted.
- HB2138 (Hilo–Kona transportation pilot and related economic development pilots): Committee recommended passing with amendments; outcome adopted.
- HB1611 (gradual repeal of GET on groceries and non‑prescription medicine): Committee recommended passing with amendments; outcome adopted.
- HB1607 (procurement / small business preference): The chair consolidated procurement bills and recommended HB1607 be amended to incorporate HB2598 and HB1772 content; the committee voted to pass HB1607 with amendments and to defer the source bills.
Deferred measures: HB1843 (tax credits sunset) and HB1945 (cruise‑ship gaming) were deferred for further study; HB1843 drew large opposition and HB1945 raised maritime, tax and enforcement issues.
These committee recommendations move the named bills to subsequent legislative steps (other committees, budget processes or floor action) depending on the subject and required follow‑up work.
