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House adopts multiple standing committee reports; members register corrections and reservations
Summary
The Hawaii House adopted several batches of standing committee reports and referred companion measures to committees by voice vote; Representative Tarnas flagged an incorrect committee vote record that the clerk will correct, and Representative Shimizu registered reservations or opposition on some measures citing statutory sufficiency and process concerns.
The Hawaii House of Representatives took a series of procedural floor actions to adopt and refer multiple standing committee reports and accompanying measures, while several members registered reservations and one member requested a correction to a committee vote record.
Representative Kahalua moved to adopt standing committee reports 1585–1590 and to pass the accompanying senate bills as amended to second reading and place them on the calendar; Representative Morikawa seconded. During discussion, Representative Tarnas said, “the record of votes taken for this measure in the judiciary and Hawaiian affairs committee is incorrect” and requested the chief clerk’s office correct the bill status; the clerk was reported to have agreed to note the error in the House journal. Representative Shimizu said she supported with reservations and questioned whether additional law was needed, stating her understanding that “the current law is already in place” and asking whether another law was necessary.
The House carried the motion by voice vote. Later the chamber proceeded to adopt further batches of standing committee reports (1591–1653 and 1654–1661, among others), take companion measures in tandem, and refer house resolutions and house concurrent resolutions to designated committees; multiple members indicated “no vote” or registered reservations on particular items during the floor process. Representative Shimizu reiterated opposition on some measures, urging consistency with current statutory processes for selecting commission chairs and the chief elections officer and suggesting any required timeframes be specified in statute.
Votes reported on the floor were voice votes; the transcript records the motions as carried but does not record numerical tallies.
What’s next: The measures adopted and referred on the floor will proceed according to the House calendar and to the committees designated in the motions. The clerk will correct the committee vote record in the house journal as noted on the floor.
