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House floor roundup: dozens of conference reports and floor amendments adopted
Summary
The House took up and adopted dozens of conference committee reports across consent and ordinary calendars, including multiple floor amendments that raised funding ceilings, clarified public-health provisions, extended effective dates, and corrected drafting errors.
The House adopted numerous conference committee reports across the consent and ordinary calendars during the floor session, taking voice votes on many items the chamber had agreed to in committee and adopting several floor amendments on the floor.
Among the adopted changes: floor amendments increased the ceiling on a DERF equity pilot program from $10 million to $20 million; a meat-donation pilot was clarified to pause during disease outbreaks as determined by the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity; and the Hawaii Social Media Data Deletion Act's effective date was extended to July 1, 2027 to give platforms additional time to implement deletion processes.
Members entered reservations and requested that comments be placed in the journal on a number of items; a number of measures received recorded no votes from members who opposed specific conference drafts. The House also moved procedural recommittals and reconsiderations on select conference committee reports where sponsors sought revision or additional work before final transmittal.
Clerk announcements and one-day notices were given for a set of concurrent resolutions and other measures that will appear on the subsequent day's order of business. The chamber adjourned subject to the call of the chair, with the next floor session scheduled for Friday at 10:00 a.m.
