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• Thanks, Senator.
• Thanks, Senator. If I That's accepted. Thanks, Senator.
• Yes, Senator Watson. Yes, I'm sorry. Yes, Senator Watson.
• Which one was it, Senator? What? Which one was it, Senator?
• Thank you, Senator Waters. Items Chair. Thank you, Senator Waters.

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• Questions from the senators. Senator Waters, I saw you first, then Senator Rosen.
• Questions from the senators. Senator Waters, I saw you first, then Senator Rosen.
• Questions from the senators. Senator Waters, I saw you first, then Senator Rosen.
• Questions from the senators. Senator Waters, I saw you first, then Senator Rosen.
• Questions from the senators. Senator Waters, I saw you first, then Senator Rosen.

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• Senate Spotlight is produced by the Minnesota Senate and Senate Media Services.
• Thank you, Senator.
• Thank you, Senator. too. All right. Thank you, Senator.
• That day, senators heard Senate File 1346 on the floor.
• With me now is DFL Senator Aric Putnam. Senator, welcome to Senate Spotlight.

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• Senate yes the Senate SB465 Senate yes the Senate SB465 uh<00:03:34.480> HD1<00:03:35.360
• Senator Hashimoto. Hi. Senator Kuba. Hi. Senator Hashimoto. Hi. Senator Kuba. Hi.
• <00:17:54.240> Senator Senate? Senator Yinoi. Hi. Senator Senate? Senator Yinoi. Hi.
• Senator Lee, hi. Senator Decort. Hi, Senator. We got a bill. Thank you, Senator. Thank you.
• Senator Lee, hi. Senator excused. Senator Lee, hi.

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Summary: The conference committees met on April 25 in Room 229 and handled several bills, often by rolling them over when finance or budget releases were still pending. HB 1007 HD2 SD2 on HCDA was simply continued to 1:00 p.m. in the same room. HB 1316 HD2 SD1 on DLNR rental vessels and registration was later taken up, with members noting a proposed CD1 based on the Senate draft; after quorum was confirmed, both chambers voted yes and the measure was approved. SB 465 HD1 on Kiki Aola small boat harbor was rolled to 4:00 p.m. in Room 441 because the required release had not yet been received. HB 86 on Makai Watch was also deferred for lack of quorum, and HB 800 HD1 SD2 on government real property and land transfer was eventually voted out after the missing House member arrived, with both House and Senate voting yes. SB 1221 SD2/HD3 on water safety and retention/detention ponds was described as requiring county ordinances and surveys of existing ponds; the conference draft added “Sharky’s Law,” set a January 1, 2027 start date for county ordinances, and was approved unanimously by both chambers. The committees also discussed SB 223 SD2/HD1 on wildfire prevention and forest reserve fire protection. The measure would create an independent DNR wildfire prevention program, authorize forestry and wildlife facilities for fire protection and related work, allow the State Fire Council to strengthen fire code requirements in hazardous fire areas, establish a community fuels reduction project, require legislative reporting, and provide funding. The conferees explained that section 3, which sought an additional appropriation for fiscal years 2025-2026 and 2026-2027, was removed because the money was already included in the budget. The bill’s effective dates were set for July 1, 2025, and it was rolled over to 4:00 p.m. in Room 411 rather than voted on at that time. Later, HB 1220 HD1 SD1 on invasive species in Kaneohe Bay was taken up and passed after quorum was confirmed, with both House and Senate members voting yes. HB 778 HD2 SD1 on the integrated land use office and land use study, SB 739 HD1 on land exchange, and HB 830 HD2 SD2 on historic preservation reviews were all agreed to in principle but rolled over to later meetings because finance or WAM releases were still outstanding. Throughout the meeting, members repeatedly noted absences, excused members, and the need to reschedule items to later in the afternoon.

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• <00:02:39.920> Senator Senator Hashimoto. Excused. Senator Senator Hashimoto. Excused.
• May I do the vote for the Senate? Yes. Senator Tino. Hi. Senator Fonte. Hi. Senator Fella.
• Senator Kino Senator Fonte Senator. Senator Kino Senator Fonte Senator.
• Oh, yes. braza senator Kino. Hi Senator Alfonte. braza senator Kino. Hi Senator Alfonte.
• <00:17:05.199> Senator Hi. Senator Fonte. Hi. Senator Hi. Senator Fonte. Hi.

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Summary: The conference committees reconvened on April 25, 2025, and worked through a series of measures, mostly public employment cost items, appropriations, workers’ compensation, data sharing, and retirement-related bills. Several bills were briefly held for later action because Finance/FIN-WAM or related release had not yet been received, including SB 382, HB 423, HB 480, HB 214, HB 828, HB 717, HB 1065, and HB 1036, with some of those rolled over to a 2:30 p.m. meeting in Conference Room 16. HB 1424, relating to appropriations, was described as requiring the Director of Finance to report on transfers between position funding and operating expenses; the conferees agreed to a CD1 and voted to pass it. HB 430, relating to internships, was also agreed to in CD1 with technical amendments removing certain appropriation language and was passed after clarification that the funding covered both years and included the Helima program. The committees then moved through a block of public employment cost items. HB 1026, HB 1027, HB 1028, HB 1029, HB 1030, HB 1032, HB 1034, and HB 1035 were each reported as having CD1 agreement and Finance/WAM release, with appropriations tied to various bargaining units and governor’s messages; each was voted out. HB 1036 and HB 1037 were held over due to release issues, while HB 1038 was noted as having CD1 and Finance/WAM release and was passed for bargaining unit 13. HB 1039 was also rolled over for lack of release. Later, SB 336 on defense of state employees was agreed to with technical cleanup and passed as a CD, and SB 1491 on departmental data sharing was amended to add agencies to the state longitudinal data system and require aggregation/anonymization of certain data before being passed as a CD. Additional measures were also resolved. SB 935, relating to government, was amended to reduce the ERS multiplier for judges beginning in 2031, remove sheriff and deputy sheriff language, and require a DHR study on changing vesting from 10 to 5 years; it passed as a CD with no appropriation. SB 1567 required DERT to complete a comprehensive review of classification and compensation systems by October 31, 2026, allowed a third-party contractor, required legislative reports, and included $1.75 million in the budget; it passed as a CD. SB 855, relating to the Hawaii Retirement Savings Act, clarified covered employers, required automatic enrollment unless employees opt out, repealed a fee cap, and added funding for FY26 and FY27; it passed as a CD. SB 743 established a data sharing governance working group within the Office of Enterprise Technology Services and required a legislative report; after a brief recess it was passed as a CD. SB 717 and SB 1065 were both continued to the later 2:30 p.m. meeting because release was still pending.

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• For the Senate, myself as chair, Senator Kim co-chair, Senator Kanuha, and four managers.
• For the Senate myself as chair, Senator Kim<00:02:56.320> co-chair,<00:02:57.080> Senator<
• For the Senate, myself as chair, Senator Dela Cruz as co-chair, and Senator Gabbard.
• For the Senate, myself as chair, Senator Hashimoto as co-chair, and Senator Gabbard.
• Uh, Senate: myself as chair, co-chair, Senator Kim, Senator Moriwaki, and Favela as well.

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Summary: The conference committees met repeatedly on Friday, April 25, 2025, mostly to wait for finance releases and to roll bills to later times. Several measures were deferred or continued, including HB 1007 on HCDA, HB 987 on procurement, HB 620, HB 961, HB 1293, HB 1320, SB 1252, HB 1168, and others, with members often agreeing to reconvene later in the day when releases might be available. One higher education bill, HB 549 on an early learning apprenticeship grant program, was deferred because the requested expenditure of about $12.5 million could not be approved, and HB 563 on the UH Space Science and Engineering Initiative was also deferred after conferees could not reach agreement in time. Several bills were successfully amended and passed. HB 329 appropriated $2 million for the Mililani work-for-housing project and $2 million for Maui Central Middle School. HB 736 established a wastewater system technology testing pilot program at the UH Water Resources Research Center and included a $745,325 FY26 appropriation. SB 865 created a full-time permanent CTAHR extension position, funded at $76,570 in each of FY26 and FY27 through the Agribusiness Development Corporation. HB 442 funded two pre-nursing pathway positions at UH with $215,552 each year for two fiscal years, and HB 1146 funded UH graduate assistant positions and planning work for Ala Wai Canal debris management and water quality control, with the conferees correcting the FY26 amount during discussion before approving it. Later, HB 1168 on UH revenue bonds was approved with amendments, setting the bond amount at $30,750,000 and a July 1, 2025 effective date. HB 961, the librarian pilot program, was ultimately approved with a CD1 restoring the original $132,308 appropriation and two FTE librarian positions for a two-year pilot serving one Oahu complex area and one neighbor island complex area. HB 1293 on Department of Education procurement was also approved with amendments to support the DOE’s farm-to-school goals by exempting certain local food purchases under $250,000 from the electronic procurement system and requiring at least three written quotes instead, effective July 1, 2025, with repeal on June 30, 2028. SB 1252 on dementia was later approved with a CD1 funding two full-time positions in UH Mānoa’s John A. Burns School of Medicine Department of Geriatric Medicine at $525,000 each in FY26 and FY27.

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• Senate conferees are myself as chair, co-chair Senator Hashimoto, and manager Senator Gabbard.
• Senate conferees are myself as chair, Co-chair Senator Elefante, and Senator Lee, and manager Senator
• Senate conferees are myself as chair, Co-chair Senator Inouye, and Senator Hashimoto, and manager Senator
• Senator Hashimoto, and managers Senators Senator Hashimoto, and managers Senators Kuhan<00:09:21.680>
• Senator Hashimoto, and managers Senators Senator Hashimoto, and managers Senators Kuha<00:09:48.480

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Summary: The joint House and Senate conference committee met on April 25 to consider several bills, mostly related to housing, transportation, school impact fees, and housing finance programs. HB 1294 HD2 SD1, relating to agricultural workforce housing, was deferred because final release was not yet available. HB 286 HD2 SD1, relating to the individual housing account program, was agreed to but also rolled over to a later 3:30 p.m. meeting pending final release. The committee then took up HB 1298 HD3 SD1, relating to housing, and HB 422 HD1 SD2, relating to school impact fees. HB 1298 was agreed to but postponed to later in the day pending final release. HB 422 was described as repealing the construction cost component of school impact fees, exempting government housing, affordable housing, and Hawaiian homeland housing from those fees, and requiring School Facilities Authority rules and a report to the legislature; the committee approved a CD1 with mostly technical amendments by unanimous vote, with one Senate member excused. Later, the committee reviewed additional measures including SB 662 on transportation, HB 1409 on transit-oriented development, SB 26 on affordable housing, HB 740 on housing, HB 432 on the rental housing revolving fund, SB 1229 on the dwelling unit revolving fund, and SB 944 on the low-income housing tax credit. Most of these bills had agreement on a CD1 or draft agreement but were deferred or rolled over to 3:30 p.m. in Room 16 because WAM, final, or web releases were still pending; HB 740 had no agreement yet, while HB 432 was said to need revisions. The meeting adjourned after scheduling the remaining items for later consideration.

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• And on behalf of the Senate, Senator Elefante as chair, co-chair Senator Aino, Senator Lee, Senator Rhoads
• ,<00:01:27.439> Senator And on behalf of the Senate, Senator And on behalf of the Senate,
• > Rhodess, Aino, Senator Lee, Senator Rhodess, Aino, Senator Lee, Senator Rhodess, members<00:01:
• And on the Senate, may I take the vote? Sure. Senator Elephante. Hi. Senator Aino. Hi. Senator Lee.
• Senator Elephante. Hi. Senator Aino. Hi. Senator Elephante. Hi. Senator Aino. Hi.

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Summary: The conference committees met several times on April 25, 2025, to resolve a number of bills, often delaying items until later in the day because of missing FIN/WAM releases or lack of quorum. Early in the day, SB 382 was discussed briefly but not advanced because finance would not release it. HB 1064, relating to the state fire marshal, was taken up and approved after conferees confirmed a $2,212,000 appropriation for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 to fund eight positions in the Department of Law Enforcement. Members thanked the many agencies, staff, and advocates involved, and the bill passed by unanimous votes of those present. Several other measures were rolled over to later conference-room meetings, including HB 423 on workers’ compensation, HB 214 on government, HB 1036, HB 1037, and HB 1039 on public employment cost items, SB 828 on workers’ compensation medical benefits, SB 717 on collective bargaining, and HB 286 on the individual housing account program, all pending FIN/WAM release or further agreement. A larger housing agenda was also postponed to 4:30 p.m. in Room 225, including bills on housing, transportation, transient accommodations development, rental housing revolving funds, dwelling unit revolving funds, and low-income housing credit. At the later transportation and housing sessions, HB 1231 was adopted as a conference draft establishing a $5 county motor vehicle registration surcharge for the Safe Routes to School special fund and clarifying rules for automated enforcement citations and liability. HB 4209 on transit-oriented development also passed; it defined transit-oriented development, created a mixed-income subaccount in the rental housing revolving fund, and authorized HCDA to use the definition in planning. HB 1298 on housing passed with amendments to support a government employee housing program tied to a transit-oriented development site, including funding for planning and an HHFC position. HB 830 on historic preservation reviews also passed with amendments limiting third-party review to residential or mixed-use development and setting staggered effective dates. Later, SB 662 on transportation passed with amendments authorizing county police officers to enforce the statewide traffic code on public streets, roadways, and highways. Several other bills remained pending and were recessed for later consideration.

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• Senator Fukunaga votes aye. Senator McKelvey is excused.
• Senator McKelie is Senator Fukunaga. Hi.
• Senator Richards votes aye. Senator Awa is excused.
• Senator Fukunaga votes aye. Senator McKelvey votes yes. Senator Awa is excused.
• And Senator W Uh, Senator Richards, hi. And Senator W is<00:26:11.520> excused.

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Summary: The committee considered several conference measures on April 25, 2025, mostly waiting on FIN or Ways and Means releases before taking action. SB 25 on eviction mediation was agreed to and passed with amendments, with members voting aye except for one no vote recorded from Representative Pirk and several excused members. SB 1367 on installment loans was also taken up later in the meeting; a revised conference draft was noted to include a five-year timeframe, a $1 convenience fee, and a corrected effective date, and it passed unanimously among those voting. Other measures were repeatedly rolled to later times in Room 224 or 225 because releases were still pending, including SB 1044 on property insurance stabilization, SB 1220 on a renewable gas tariff, SB 500 on electric utilities, HB 1370 on liquor tax/draft beer definitions, HB 939 on alcohol/liquor tax changes, HB 1052 on the universal service program, and SB 1500 on electric utilities. When SB 1220 and SB 500 were eventually heard, both were described as creating or adjusting utility-related processes and both passed with amendments. HB 1370 also passed with amendments after the committee noted it would redefine draft beer for liquor tax purposes. SB 1044 drew the most detailed discussion: the conferees described major funding provisions, including a $30 million reimbursable general obligation bond appropriation for the Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund, a $20 million reimbursable GO bond appropriation to the Hawaii Green Infrastructure Authority for a condominium loan program, and a $5 million appropriation for GAP reserves, along with 36-month assessment periods and a temporary recording fee up to $44. The bill passed with amendments. HB 1052 on the universal service program was described as allowing the Public Utilities Commission to use program funds to provide free telecommunications access for individuals with print disabilities, with a $150,000 cap, and it also passed with a conference draft.

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• Senator Chang: Aye. Senator Sanuro: Aye. Senator Awa is excused. The recommendation is adopted.
• Senator Chang: Aye. Senator Sanventura: Aye. Senator W is excused. The recommendation is adopted.
• <00:01:54.640> Senator<00:01:54.960> W I. Senator Sanventura I. Senator W I.
• Senator Sanventura I.
• Senator Chang: Aye. Senator Senura: Aye. Senator Waz is excused. The recommendation is adopted.

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Summary: The Judiciary Committee met on Thursday, April 24, and considered several judicial nominations and confirmations. The first items were Governor’s Messages 790, 788, and 789, naming nominees for Chief Judge of the Intermediate Court of Appeals and Circuit Court Judge positions for the First Circuit. Members briefly discussed the nominations, including one public concern raised about Judge Karen El Holma, but the chair and members stated the nominees were qualified and recommended consent in each case. All three nominations were approved by unanimous votes of the members present, with some members excused. The committee then took up Judiciary Communications 29, 30, and 31, covering confirmations to the District Family Court and District Court of the First Circuit for six-year terms. The committee again recommended consent on each item and adopted those recommendations without objection. For JC 31, the chair noted that the nominee was absent due to a family memorial for her father-in-law and asked members not to weigh that absence against her. The nominations were approved, and applause followed several of the votes. At the end of the meeting, the chair announced that the Senate floor vote was anticipated for Wednesday, April 30 at 11:30 a.m., and then adjourned the committee.

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• Senator Pappas or Senator Jazinski.
• Senator Frentz: Pass. Senator Pratt: No. Senator Champion: I. Senator Draheim: No.
• Senator Howe: No. Senator Jasinski: No. Senator Mohamed: I. Senator Murphy: Yes. Senator Pappas: I.
• Senator Mohammed. Senator Jazinski. No. Senator Mohammed.
• Senator Papus. I. Senator Murphy. Yes. Senator Papus.

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• Senate conferees are myself as chair, co-chairs Senators Kim and Kidani, and managers Senators Hashimoto
• Senate conferees are myself as chair, co-chair Senator Elefante, and Senator Chris Lee, as well as manager
• Senator Fevella.
• Senate conferees are myself as chair, co-chair Senator Hashimoto, and manager Senator Fevella.
• Senate conferees are myself as chair, co-chairs Senator Zinoi and Hashimoto, and Senator Flla as manager

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• by the House, in which amendments the concurrence of the Senate is respectfully requested.
• concurrence of the Senate is concurrence of the Senate is respectfully<00:12:25.240> requested.
• Remaining under motions and resolutions, Senator Murphy to designate special orders.
• <00:21:06.640> Senator<00:21:07.039> Murphy motions and resolutions.
• Senator Murphy motions and resolutions.

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• Uh, next up on the agenda is Senate Bill Uh, next up on the agenda is Senate Bill 405, Senate Draft 1
• On behalf of the Senate, I will vote aye. Senator Rhoads and Senator Awa is excused.
• chair,<00:20:25.760> senators Senator Confer myself as chair, senators Senator Confer
• Senator Rhoads: Aye. Senator Favella: Aye. Recommendation adopted on the Senate.
• Senator RHS. Hi. Senator Favlla. Hi. Senator RHS. Hi. Senator Favlla. Hi.

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• Senate there's a Senate only provision.
• <00:33:48.720> Latz State Senate File 2039, a Senator Latz State Senate File 2039, a Senator
• Senator Murphy: Thank you, Senator Frentz, then Senator Murphy, then Senator Dreheim.
• Um, Senator<01:14:09.199> Jheim. Senator Jheim. Senator Jheim.
• Senator Papus moves at Senate File 147. Senator Papus moves at Senate File 147.

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• Questions from the<01:09:41.679> senators. the senators. the senators.
• Senator. Thank you.
• Thank you, Senator.
• Thank you, Senator. Nice to see opioids. Thank you, Senator.
• Questions from the senators. have. Questions from the senators.

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• Senator, may I take the vote for the Senate? Yes. Yes. Senator Inouye. Aye. Senator Moriwaki. Aye.
• Senator Enoi. Hi, Senate? Yes. Yes. Senator Enoi. Hi, Senator<00:02:10.160> Morywalk.
• May I take the vote for the Senate? Senator, you know it. Hi, Senator Mory. Hi, Senator Dort.
• Senator, you know it. Hi, Senator Mory. Senator, you know it. Hi, Senator Mory.
• So the Senate confereies for the Senate.

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