Returning All Bills, Concurrent Resolutions, And Resolutions To The Clerk's Desk.
Summary
SR194 is a procedural Senate resolution that directs all Senate and House bills, Senate and House concurrent resolutions, and Senate resolutions that were previously referred to standing committees but remain unreported to be returned to the Clerk’s Desk. In practical terms, it is a housekeeping measure used to clear the committee pipeline and move pending measures back to the chamber’s central control for further action.
The resolution does not create, amend, or repeal any substantive law. Instead, it affects the internal legislative process by resetting the status of unreported measures and restoring them to the Clerk’s Desk, where they may be reconsidered, reassigned, or otherwise handled under Senate rules. Its impact is procedural rather than policy-based, and it primarily affects legislators, committees, and the legislative calendar.
Impact
SR194 would change the status of pending measures in the Hawaii Legislature by removing unreported bills and resolutions from standing committees and returning them to the Clerk’s Desk. It does not alter any statute or regulatory program, but it can influence which proposals remain alive for later legislative action and how the chamber manages unfinished business.
Sentiment
Because SR194 is a routine procedural resolution, the available record suggests no substantive controversy or policy debate. There are no committee transcripts or recorded votes provided, and the measure appears to be a standard administrative action intended to organize legislative workflow rather than advance a particular policy position.
Contention
There is no specific point of contention reflected in the provided materials. Any potential disagreement would likely be procedural rather than ideological, such as whether pending measures should be returned to the Clerk’s Desk at that stage of the session, but no opposing views, amendments, or recorded objections are available in the record provided.
Requesting The Department Of Land And Natural Resources To Convene And Provide Administrative Assistance To A Desalination Planning Task Force To Determine Whether The Use Of Desalination For Large-scale Water Consumption In The State Is Feasible.
Requesting The Department Of Health To Adopt Rules Or Otherwise Permit Restaurants To Allow Dogs In Designated Areas Of Their Establishments While Adhering To Health And Safety Regulations.
Requesting The Commander Of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-hickam To Allow The Department Of Parks And Recreation Of The City And County Of Honolulu To Use The Restricted Vacant Land On The Pearl City Peninsula For Youth Ball Programs.
Declaring A Public Health Emergency Relating To Climate Change And Requesting Statewide Coordination To Identify, Plan For, And Create Cross-sector Solutions To Strengthen Hawaii's Public Health Response To The Climate Crisis.
Urging The Board Of Land And Natural Resources To Not Approve Any New Land Disposition Or Renew Any Land Disposition To The United States Military That Allows For Or Facilitates Any Military Training Activities On State-owned Lands.
Requesting The Land Use Commission To Coordinate With County Planning Commissions And County Councils To Conduct Concurrent Reviews Of General Plan Amendments, District Boundary Amendments, And Zoning Amendments When Reclassifying Land.
Requesting The Reconvening Of The Working Group Established Pursuant To House Resolution No. 18, H.d. 1 (regular Session Of 2024) To Continue The Efforts To Address Issues Related To Water And Air Contamination And Remediation Arising From The Operation Of The Puuloa Range Training Facility.