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House Water and Land committee passes suite of SCRs including Waikiki measures; votes recorded
Summary
The committee voted to adopt chair recommendations on multiple SCRs (SCR 8, 40, 83, 83 noted reservations, 179, 90, 94, 159, 165, 177). Some members were excused and a few registered reservations were recorded during the discussion.
The House Committee on Water and Land completed consideration April 23 of multiple Senate Concurrent Resolutions and passed the measures as the chair recommended.
The committee passed SCR 8 (urging counties to act on building‑permit applications for health‑prescribed residential modifications within 45 days) with the chair's recommendation adopted. During roll call for SCR 8, the chair and vice chair voted "I," Representative Uu Moto and Representative Poepoe voted "I," and Representative Shimizu and Representative Souza also registered "I"; Representatives Belatti, Ichiyama and Woodson were excused. Detailed tallies for other items were announced by the chair as "recommendation adopted" but the transcript does not include full roll calls for every measure.
SCR 40 (banning sale/rental/distribution of disposable body boards in certain counties), SCR 83 (requesting Honolulu consider a lithium‑ion battery disposal facility), SCR 179 (urging Maui County to enforce fire‑code provisions), SCR 90 (kupuna‑friendly permit requirements), SCR 94 (endorsing Waikiki as a world surfing reserve), SCR 159 (shared guiding principles for Waikiki shoreline — passed with OPSD amendments), SCR 165 (designating March as Water Month), and SCR 177 (requesting DAGS convene a cooperative working group on state projects requiring county permits) were all adopted as recommended by the chair.
Members recorded reservations on SCR 83: Representative Uu Moto said she would vote with reservations because she raised concerns about existing producer take‑back mechanisms for batteries and disposal pathways. Another member also noted reservations during the SCR 83 discussion. For a number of items the chair noted excused absences during votes.
Where recorded, the committee announced the chair's recommendation was adopted. The committee adjourned after completing the votes.
