Transcript Highlights:

• I'm voting with reservations.
• Anyone wishing to vote with reservations other than myself? I'll join you, Rep. Moto, reservations.
• I'm voting with reservations.
• Anyone wishing to vote with reservations other than myself? I'll join you, Rep. Moto, reservations.
• Anyone wishing to vote with reservations other than myself? I'll join you, Rep. Moto, reservations.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee met on March 19, 2025, and heard testimony on several measures before taking up decision-making. Senate Bill 1381, relating to the Hawaii National Guard, received support from the Department of Defense and other testifiers and was recommended to pass as is. Senate Bill 422, relating to education and high school diplomas for veterans, also drew support from the Department of Education, the Military Affairs Council, and the Chamber of Commerce Hawaii, and was recommended to pass as is. Senate Bill 414, relating to restoring access to disaster-affected areas in Lahaina, was discussed with testimony from HHFDC and others; members agreed to amend the bill to refer to the Department of Transportation as the acquiring agency, and the measure was recommended to pass with amendments. The committee then considered Senate Bill 223, relating to fire prevention. The Department of Land and Natural Resources supported the bill but recommended changes to make the wildland-urban interface code a matter for the State Fire Council/State Fire Marshal rather than statute, and noted it lacked authority to mandate fuel reduction work on lands outside its control. Members also discussed community fuel reduction funding, with DLNR indicating that $10 million would be an effective amount and describing current funding for equipment, outreach, and positions. The chair proposed amendments to make fuel reduction on non-set-aside lands permissive rather than mandatory, to allow the State Fire Council to amend the state fire code to include easement holders, and to note a defective date and the funding request in the committee report. The bill was recommended to pass with amendments, with one member voting with reservations. In a later decision-making session, the committee considered Senate Bill 1379, relating to emergency preparedness and Community Readiness Centers, and Senate Bill 371, relating to property damage of critical infrastructure facilities. For SB 1379, the chair proposed an HD1 incorporating the Hawaii Advisory Council on Emergency Management and county emergency management in site-selection criteria, adding geographic resilience considerations, changing the defective date, and noting $10.8 million for site design plus $1.2 million for contract support; the bill passed with amendments, with reservations from some members over county input and funding. For SB 371, the chair amended the bill to remove recklessly/negligently causing damage and require intentional conduct throughout, while leaving other issues for Judiciary review; the bill passed with amendments, with at least one member voting with reservations.

Transcript Highlights:

• Reservations.<01:13:28.560> So Reservations. So Reservations.
• Representative Ryota: Reservations. So ordered. Representative Moroka: Reservations.
• <01:20:46.159> Representative Reservations. So ordered. Representative Reservations.
• Representative Reyes Oda reservations. Representative Reyes Oda reservations.
• <01:24:18.080> Representative Reservations. So ordered. Representative Reservations.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Are there any reservations? reservations? reservations?
• Any other<01:08:41.240> reservations? other reservations? other reservations?
• reservations. Any other reservations? reservations. Any other reservations?
• Any<01:25:43.800> reservations? Any reservations? Any reservations?
• Are there any reservations? reservations? reservations?

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Transportation Committee met on March 31 and heard a series of resolutions focused on roadway safety, transportation access, and infrastructure coordination. Early measures included HCR 104/HR 96 on advancing coastal trails on O‘ahu’s North Shore and HCR 63/HR 57 on clarifying responsibility for Honouliuli Bridge and addressing safety, wildfire, and emergency access concerns. The Department of Transportation supported both, and a resident testified that the Honouliuli bridge is a single-lane emergency replacement on state land that has limited access for fire protection, heavy vehicles, permits, and repairs. DOT said it was working with DLNR and that jurisdiction may ultimately lie with the County of Maui, with research ongoing. The committee also heard HCR 62/HR 56 on alternative vegetation management along Hana Highway, HCR 43/HR 39 on raised crosswalks near Ala Wai Elementary, and HCR 52/HR 48 on integrating the safe system approach into county road design; these drew support testimony and no opposition. The committee then considered HCR 120/HR 112 on regulating transportation network companies under motor carrier law. DOT and the Public Utilities Commission offered comments, while Lyft opposed, arguing the legislature already created a TNC-specific framework in 2022 and that motor carrier law is not a good fit for app-based ride platforms. In questioning, PUC explained that TNCs would fall under both PUC motor carrier jurisdiction and DOT permitting, and DOT said it would follow up on enforcement questions. Members also discussed HCR 119/HR 111 on an indirect traffic disruption grant program, with the chair asking DOT to clarify how it enforces penalties when contractors or others fail to follow road closure requirements. Other measures discussed included HCR 96/HR 88 on moving to a demerit-point driver licensing system, which DOT supported; HCR 128/HR 120 on coordinating capital improvement planning for Hawaiian Home Lands developments, which DOT and DHHL supported; HCR 127/HR 119 on a state highway police force, which DOT supported; and HCR 125/HR 117 on a statewide plan for derelict utility poles and lines, which drew support from DOT, Hawaiian Electric, and Hawaiian Telcom, with DOT acknowledging it lacks current statutory authority to force immediate removal. The committee also heard HCR 58/HR 54 on school crosswalk safety for Mililani Elementary, HCR 55/HR 51 on using artificial intelligence to mitigate traffic and improve road safety, and HCR 54/HR 146 on expanding the Hele-On Shared Ride program on Hawai‘i Island. Supporters of the Hele-On measure said expanded service would help rural residents, kupuna, and people with disabilities reach medical appointments and daily activities, while noting cost and technology-access concerns; they said missed or delayed appointments are a real issue in remote areas. The final item discussed in the excerpt was HCR 64/HR 58 on minimizing rumble strip dimensions on Kūhiō Highway on Moloka‘i, with DOT saying it had already removed some strips where large emergency vehicles were affected on narrow curves.

Transcript Highlights:

• Representative Garcia: With reservations. So ordered. Representative Moriwaki: With reservations.
• Representative Garcia With reservations. Representative Garcia With reservations.
• Representative Matsumoto: Reservations. So ordered. 2203. Representative Garcia: Reservations.
• <00:20:02.720> Representative reservations. So ordered. Representative reservations.
• With reservations. So ordered. With reservations. So ordered.

Bills: SCR21, SCR75, SCR50, SCR149, SCR47, SCR163, SCR169, SCR170

Keywords: healthcare, rural clinic, feasibility study, access to care, community health, Volcano community, Hawaiʻi Health Systems Corporation, emergency services, health assessment, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, health care, interdepartmental collaboration, public awareness, support services, education, health insurance, affordable healthcare, working group, Hawaii Health Plan, Medicaid expansion

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• Treble damages are typically reserved in statute for the most egregious conduct, intentional wrongdoing
• The capital needs backlog in our public housing portfolio consists of vital components for unit preservation
• 42:37.520> vital housing portfolio consists of vital housing portfolio consists of vital components
• c> unit<00:42:39.520> preservation<00:42:40.560> and<00:42:40.960> for components
• for unit preservation and for components for unit preservation and for tenant<00:42:41.520> safety

Bills: HF4207, HF3639, HF3981, HF3064, HF2123

Keywords: housing aid, local housing trust, funding projects, income provisions, technical changes, landlord regulations, tenant rights, minor children, lease agreements, eviction, privacy protection, housing, lease termination, medical care, death, infirmity, landlord obligations, St. Paul, public housing, Minnesota Housing Finance Agency

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• We want to be explicit in this chapter to add yard waste so that, as an educational component, if this
• yard waste so that as<00:18:12.559> an<00:18:12.799> educational<00:18:13.520> component
• ,<00:18:14.080> if<00:18:14.320> this as an educational component, if this as an educational
• component, if this bill<00:18:14.720> passes,<00:18:15.200> we<00:18:15.440> can
• Without access to external power reserves, shortages are more likely to put residents at risk.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• At some point, Senator Clark, I would like you to consider there are two components here.
• ><00:09:48.000> there<00:09:48.240> are<00:09:48.320> two<00:09:48.560> components
• um uh consider there are two components um uh consider there are two components here.<00:09:50.560
• It's reserved for buildings that are listed in the National Register of Historic Places, which generally

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• This bill, however, focuses on lending and technical assistance components of this organization's work
• c> focuses on lending and Technical focuses on lending and Technical assistant<00:48:05.440> components
• <00:48:06.440> of<00:48:07.119> this assistant components of this assistant components
• including sites in various locations like Red Lake and White Earth, when we think in terms of reservations

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I reserve.
• I reserve.
• <00:49:03.119> What reserve the gentle reserves. What reserve the gentle reserves.
• I reserve.
• I reserve.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, April 30, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• Gentleman reserves. yields. I I reserve. Gentleman reserves.
• Speaker, I<02:30:01.359> reserve. I reserve. I reserve.
• reserve. Gentle lady reserves her time. reserve.
• Gentleman reserves. Does the gentleman reserve? I reserve. Mr.
• This is a gentleman reserve. I reserve. Gentleman<05:06:34.320> reserves.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, April 9, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• goes<01:03:45.400> to<01:03:45.920> the<01:03:46.040> UCC<01:03:46.640> component
• <01:03:47.040> of um which goes to the UCC component of um which goes to the UCC component
• Our business bank also seized all incoming merchant sales and deposits, applying them against our reserve
• <01:29:56.920> them<01:29:57.280> against<01:29:57.680> our<01:29:57.800> reserve
• all applying them against our reserve all applying them against our reserve line. line. line.

Keywords: 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Any reservations? Reservations for Rep. Almost. Any other reservations? Any no votes?
• reservations? Reservations for Rep. reservations? Reservations for Rep.
• Any reservations? Reservations for Rep. Almost. Any other reservations? Any no votes?
• Reservations. Any reservations? Reservations.
• Reservations for reservations?

Keywords: 910, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• with reservations or objections? with reservations or objections?
• Reservations.<00:17:21.400> Reservations<00:17:22.400> for<00:17:22.880> Senator
• Reservations.
• Reservations for Senator Reservations.
• Reservations. Senator Richards. McKelie. Reservations. Senator Richards.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection and Judiciary decision-making meeting on April 1, 2025 considered several measures previously heard in committee and took action on each. HB 228 HD1 SD1, relating to license plates, was recommended to pass with amendments defining the terms “cover” and “shield”; it was adopted with votes of aye from the chair, vice chair, Senator McKelvie, and Senator Richards, and a no from Senator Awa. HB 125 HD1, relating to firearms and secure storage notice requirements, was recommended to pass unamended and was adopted, though Senator McKelvie noted reservations and Senator OA did not vote. The committees also noted they would wait for a full complement on some JDC votes before finalizing all actions. HB 1194 HD2 SD1, relating to midwives, drew the most discussion and testimony. The recommendation was to pass with amendments, including DCCA-proposed changes and a revised effective date; members discussed concerns about regulation, the role of unlicensed birth attendants, and whether the bill could criminalize people present at births. The chair explained the intent was not to criminalize invited, uncompensated birth attendants who do not use the title “midwife,” while also clarifying limits on practicing midwifery without a license. The measure passed with reservations from Senator McKelvie and a no vote from Senator Awa. HB 348 HD1 SD1, relating to single-use plastics, was recommended to pass unamended and was adopted without objection. HB 874 SD1, concerning trust accounts for minors in theatrical employment, was recommended to pass with amendments accepting the Attorney General’s suggestion to remove rulemaking authority; it passed in both committees without opposition. After the CPN portion adjourned, JDC also took up HB 125 and HB 1194, adopting the same recommendations and passing both measures, with the midwifery bill again reflecting the committee’s intent to preserve invited, unpaid attendance at births while restricting unlicensed practice.

Transcript Highlights:

• I reserve the balance of my time. The Speaker pro tempore: The gentleman reserves.
• I reserve the balance of my time. The Speaker pro tempore: The gentlewoman reserves.
• I reserve the balance of my time. The Speaker pro tempore: The gentlewoman reserves.
• I reserve the balance of my time. The gentlewoman reserves.
• I reserve my time. I reserve my time. The Speaker pro tempore: The gentlewoman reserves.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• I'd like to reserve my right to close.
• We'll reserve your right to close.
• We will, uh, reserve the right to close and call. OK.
• So I'll reserve my right to close. Thank you, sir.
• We'll reserve your right to close.

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• OK, we'll reserve your right to close. We're trying to make sure.
• We reserve the right to close and call.
• I'll reserve your right to close and now calls Ross Martin.
• Johnny, just we will reserve your right to close. Don't go far.
• Chair will reserve your right to close.

Bills: HB769, HB2132, HB3383, HB3792, HB5431, HB5682, HB5677, HB5678, HB5680, HB5681, HB5683, HB5684, HB5685, HB5686, HB4078

Keywords: environmental regulation, sustainability, business compliance, state oversight, local control, pollution, renewable resources, grant program, neighborhood organization, pedestrian infrastructure, Texas Department of Housing, financial assistance, neighborhood organizations, grants, urban development, safety, public safety, housing development, low income housing, tax credits

Transcript Highlights:

• Seeing none, chair reservations?
• wishing to vote reservations or no? wishing to vote reservations or no?
• <00:58:28.079> Reservations<00:58:28.720> from nor with reservations?
• Reservations from nor with reservations? Reservations from Rep.<00:58:29.520> Lica.
• This is... with reservations or no? Seeing none, with reservations or no?

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The joint Transportation and Public Safety hearing considered HCR 121/HR 117, which asks federal and state transportation and defense agencies to coordinate on expanding Kle Pass as an emergency exit route. Testimony was overwhelmingly in support from state departments and community representatives, though one member raised equity concerns about other communities needing similar access solutions. Both committees recommended passage, and the resolutions were adopted in tandem. The Transportation Committee then heard a series of road safety and mobility resolutions. These included HCR 43 on studying highway patrol and speed cameras in speeding hotspots; HCR 52/HR 48 on a sidewalk between Iroquois Point and Ewa Beach; HCR 57/HR 53 on traffic calming around Piywa Street in Waipahu; HCR 112/HR 108 on a pedestrian-first policy; HCR 129/HR 125 on safety and congestion near Haiku Elementary; HCR 131/HR 127 on rural air service and short takeoff/landing aircraft; HCR 136/HR 130 on reflective gear for pedestrians at night; HCR 137/HR 131 on school crosswalk safety at Kipapa Elementary; HCR 177/HR 173 on a summer streets pilot; and HR 43 on an emergency access road on the YNI coast. Testimony was mixed but generally supportive of pedestrian and school safety measures, while some transportation and bicycling advocates opposed the reflective-gear resolution as placing too much responsibility on pedestrians rather than improving the built environment. During decision-making, the committee advanced all measures. HCR 43 was amended to specify the study should include district court impacts. HCR 131/HR 127 was amended to shift the rural air service study from the Legislative Reference Bureau to the Department of Transportation. HCR 136/HR 130 was amended to change the reflective-gear proposal from a requirement to an encouragement. HCR 137/HR 131 and HCR 45/HR 38 were also advanced with technical or clarifying amendments, and the remaining resolutions were passed as is. Several members noted reservations or no votes on the reflective-gear measure, but all recommendations were ultimately adopted and the committee adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• Do not make the Federal Reserve an accomplice.
• Reserve Jerome Powell on the semiannual monetary policy report to Congress.
• above the level that we judge consistent with so-called ample reserves.
• Basically, we're going to be looking at reserve conditions, conditions in reserve markets, and trying
• So what authority exactly did the Federal Reserve have to assess?

Bills: SB257

Keywords: supply chain resilience, critical supply chains, critical goods, manufacturing, domestic manufacturing, reshoring, nearshoring, supply chain security, supply chain shock, supply chain disruption, critical infrastructure, emerging technologies, semiconductors, microelectronics, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, robotics, advanced manufacturing, blockchain, cybersecurity

Transcript Highlights:

• Reservations? Reservations for vote? Okay, Vice Chair, for the vote.
• <01:54:01.840> with voting with reservations with voting with reservations with reservations
• reservations for reservations with reservations for representative<01:54:04.400> EA<01:54:04.719
• <01:54:50.719> reservations<01:54:51.400> for<01:54:51.800> bot reservations reservations
• <01:55:20.079> reservations voting with reservations reservations voting with reservations

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee on Water and Land met on February 13, 2025, and heard testimony on a series of housing, land, and resource bills. Early bills included HB 743 on fiscal sustainability, HB 1318 on affordable housing, and HB 1409 on the Transit-Oriented Development Infrastructure Improvement District Board. Testimony on the housing measures was largely supportive from agencies and advocacy groups such as the Office of Planning, Hawaii Housing Future, Hawaii Appleseed, Catholic Charities, and the County of Kauai, while the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) raised concerns on HB 1318 about public trust duties for ceded lands. On HB 1409, members questioned whether the bill needed updating in light of a separate bill changing the board structure, and witnesses said the measure did not change funding but only the board’s mission and scope. The committee also heard HB 1410, which would create a supportive housing special fund. Supporters, including Catholic Charities, the Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities, and Hawaii Appleseed, argued that predictable dedicated funding is needed for supportive housing, social services, and long-term homelessness solutions. The Tax Foundation of Hawaii opposed tax earmarks in general, saying they subvert the constitutional budgeting process. Members asked how the fund would be administered and who could access it; witnesses said HHFDC and the counties would coordinate the process, but DLNR noted the bill did not provide additional administrative capacity and suggested language to address that. Later bills included HB 528 on residential leaseholds, HB 1359 on flood mitigation, HB 1087 on historic preservation reviews, HB 868 on disabilities, and HB 1323 on transfer of non-agricultural park lands. HB 528 drew limited testimony, with a Catholic Charities/Hawaii Public Housing Authority representative offering a general example of leasehold development but saying the bill’s exemptions had not been discussed in detail. HB 1359 prompted discussion of homeowner and county responsibilities for drainage and flood damage, with DLNR saying private owners are responsible for drainage on private property and counties for county roads. HB 1087 was supported by DHHL, which said historic preservation reviews currently take about 165 days and the bill could improve timeliness, while Hawaii Historic Hawaii Foundation opposed it. HB 868 drew support from the Disability Rights Center and DCAB, with testimony focusing on beach access and the need for clearer legal authority. On HB 1323, DLNR opposed the bill, saying it did not reflect Act 90 and that some agricultural parcels should remain under DLNR for conservation, watershed, recreation, or fire protection reasons; DOA, Hawaii Farm Bureau, and Hawaii Cattlemen’s Council supported the measure, arguing that productive agricultural lands should be transferred to agriculture to protect local food production and family ranches.

Transcript Highlights:

• Gentleman reserves. reserves. reserves.
• thank you and I reserve. thank you and I reserve. >> Gentleman<03:31:57.200> reserves.
• >> I reserve. >> I reserve. >> I<05:02:23.920> reserve.
• >> I reserve. >> I reserve.
• I reserve. reserve. reserve.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, April 27, 2026, 1012, house, all