House Floor

Will the house come to order? Mr. Clerk, please call the roll.

[Roll Call] Madam Speaker, 48 Members are present. Three are excused.

Moving to item number two. Reading of the journal. Representative Morikawa.

Madam Speaker, I move we dispense with the reading of the journal of the first through the 10th days and approve the same as though read throughout.

Representative Garcia.

Madam Speaker, I second the motion.

It has been moved and seconded that journal days 1 through 10 be approved. Any discussion? If not, all those in favor say aye. All opposed say no. The motion is carried. Item number two. Messages from the Governor. Mr. Clerk, are there any messages from the Governor?

Madam Speaker, there are none.

Item number four. Senate Communications. Mr. Clerk, are there any Senate communications?

Madam Speaker, there are none.

Introductions. Members, are there any introductions? Representative Olds.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Colleagues present in the gallery today, I'd like to acknowledge dentists representing the Hawaii Dental Association foundation for their commitment to improving the oral health of Hawaii's Keiki. February is National Children's Dental Health Month and is part of the Foundation's Give Kids a Smile program.

Local dentists visit DOE schools to provide oral health education and free oral health kits to over a thousand students, grades K through 2. It all culminates on February 22nd with a clinic day at Waikiki Health Makii Clinic in Moiliili, where they will be providing free dental services to any Keiki, along with fun games, education and dental screenings.

With us here today are key leaders who make Give Kids a Smile happen, and I'd like to honor them. When I call your name, please stand up. Dr. Scott Morita, Dr. Jackie Palola, Dr. Kayleen Fukuda, Dr. Rochelle Teruya. Mahalo, and welcome to your House of Representatives.

Representative Marten.

Thank you very much, Speaker Today in the House, we have visitors from the mainland from ncel, which is a national caucus of environmental legislators. They hold a forum every year in the same location and immediately before ncsl.

And throughout the year, they are there to provide help to any legislatures across the nation wanting to work on environmental issues. We have. Please rise when I call your name. We have Kate Burgess from the con, the Conservation Program Manager, Logan Christian, Wild, wildlife and habitat specialist. And Grant Gleniecki, Outdoor Policy coordinator.

And also with us this week, but not here, is Ruth Musgrave, the policy specialist. Welcome to the House of Representatives.

Thank you. Madam Speaker. It is my honor to welcome amazing young woman who is joining us on her first day. Our intern, Tatum Crockett. She is from St. Andrews Priory and I got to meet her during our Women's Legislative breakfast. She is going to be joining us this session. Today is her first day.

Representative La Chica.

Thank you. Madam Speaker. It is my honor to welcome amazing young woman who is joining us on her first day. Our intern, Tatum Crockett. She is from St. Andrews Priory and I got to meet her during our Women's Legislative breakfast. She is going to be joining us this session. Today is her first day.

And joining her is our legislative aide, Erin Kez Enriquez. And it also happens to be her birthday. So let's please wish her a happy birthday and welcome to your House of Representatives.

Members. Any further introductions? Saying none. We'll move on to the order of the day. Item number five, Reports of Standing Committees. Representative Todd.

Madam Speaker, I move to adopt Standing. Committee report numbers 533 through 631 as. Listed on pages 1 through 25, and that the accompanying House bills as may. Be amended, pass second reading and or be referred to their designated committees.

Representative Morikawa.

Madam Speaker, I second the motion.

Any discussion on these items starting with Standing Committee report number 533. Standing Committee report 534. Standing Committee report 535. Standing Committee report 5. 36. Standing Committee report 537. Standing Committee report 538. Standing Committee report 539. Standing Committee report 540. Standing Committee report 541. Representative Garcia.

With reservations, so ordered.

Standing Committee report 542. Standing Committee report 543. Standing Committee report 544. Standing Committee report 545. Standing Committee report 546. Standing Committee report 547. Standing Committee report 548. Standing Committee report 549. Representative Garcia. No vote, so ordered. Representative Alcos.

No vote, so ordered.

Turning to Standing Committee Report 550. Standing Committee Report 5501. Standing Committee Report 5502. Standing Committee Report 5503. Representative Garcia.

With reservations, so ordered.

Representative Shimizu.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise in support. With reservations and the reservations is just the concern about businesses, legitimate businesses that are affected. But I'm all for protecting the youth. Thank you.

Representative Kong. No vote, so ordered. Turning to top of page 7. Standing Committee Report Number 554. Standing Committee Report 555. Standing Committee Report 556. Standing Committee Report 557. Standing Committee Report 558. Standing Committee Report 559. Representative Pierrick, no vote, so ordered. Standing Committee Report 560. Representative Parrott, no vote, so ordered. Standing Committee report number 561.

Standing Committee Report 562. Standing Committee Report 563. Representative Garrett in opposition. Please proceed.

So these, this bill basically has tax dollars towards a child development center or a child watching center where the government can watch your kids. There's lots of daycares. This is just a state ran daycare.

So I think that, you know, parents should pay the private sector if they want the private sector to have a part and raise their kids, but not the government.

Standing Committee report 564. Representative Garcia, with reservations, so ordered. Representative Pic.

No vote without. With comments, please proceed. Similar to the last Bill, this is basically all the residents of Hawaii. Part of their state income tax goes to the state budget. State budget goes towards feeding kids in school. It's a very, you know, it's a great talking point.

It sounds wonderful, but we should let parents and they choose to have sex if they choose to have kids, if they choose to raise their kids, let them pay to feed their kids, not everybody else.

Representative Laa. Madam Speaker. And strong support. Please proceed. Our Committee on education had the opportunity to hear from amazing students who testified in front of us and just shared very, you know, heartwarming. So I mean, just very. No heartbreaking stories of coming to school with this being their only meal of the day.

Having heard from teachers who've had to break it, you know, have to share the news that they couldn't. Their own students can't even stand in line and go to the lunch line because their own accounts can't be replenished by their parents.

Those who to be eligible for free and reduced lunch, a family of four needs to be making $47,000 for free lunch. So if you make $47,000. 47,001. You can't get a free lunch. If you're a mom and you know, you have a child, you're not Representative. Please address the rash. Sorry. Sorry. Yes, Madam. Madam Chair. Madam Speaker.

It's like Inception. So we're strong support of this because it's not just the nutrition that a child deserves. We all know that a child can't learn when they're hungry.

But we all know that this is something that, you know, all, all, all, all parents shouldn't, all students shouldn't even have to worry and shouldn't even have to think about. And we're just, you know, on behalf of the Committee on Education, we're just, we're just very, very, very just encouraged to see.

And we would like to see the body support this bill and see it through this, this session. So in strong support. Madam Speaker. Representative Kapela.

Thank you. Madam Speaker in strong support. I would like to. Thank you. I'd like to adopt the words of the previous speaker as if they were my own. And I would just like to add that this bill boils down to either we care about kids or we don't.

No child should be hungry and no child can learn if they are hungry. Thank you.

Representative Reyes Oda speaking in support. Please proceed.

As the representative from Kona has just said, you know, when we talk about feeding kids, I want everybody to understand what the dollars and cents are for. How much it costs to feed a reduced price lunch, which is what this would be. And for an individual student, that's 30 cents for breakfast and 40 cents for lunch.

So if this passes, what we're asking. Sorry, what. I guess what the Legislature is asking for is to pay $0.70 if a kid so chooses to eat both per day for each kid that qualifies for reduced lunch.

And that's not for kids who are free lunch because they're already free or for kids who are full price because they still have to pay. Thank you.

Any further discussion? Seeing none, we will turn to standing Committee report number 565. Representative pick no vote, so ordered. Representative Garcia. No vote, so ordered. Standing Committee report number 566. Representative pick no vote, so ordered.

Top of page 10 Standing Committee report 567 Standing Committee report 568 Standing Committee report 569 Standing Standing Committee report 570 Standing Committee report 571 Standing Committee report 572 Standing Committee reports 573. Standing Committee report 574 Standing Committee report 575 Representative pick no vote, so ordered. Standing Committee report.

Representative Garcia with reservations, so ordered.

Standing Committee Report 576 Standing Committee Report 577 Standing Committee Report 578 Standing Committee Report 579. Standing Committee Report 580 Standing Committee Report 581. Standing Committee Report 582. Standing Committee Report 583. Standing Committee Report 584. Standing Committee Report 585. Standing Committee Report 586. Representative Garcia, no vote, so ordered. Representative Pyrrick. No vote, so ordered. Top of page 15.

Standing Committee report number 587. Representative Pyrrhick, reservations so ordered. Number 588. Representative Pierrick. No vote, so ordered.

Representative Garcia with reservations.

So ordered. Representative Morocca. No vote, so ordered. Report number 589. Number 590. Representative Parrick. So ordered. Standing Committee Report 591. Report number 592. 593. Representative Garcia, reservations. So ordered. Report number 594. Number 595. Number 596. Number 597.

Representative Garcia on CR 596. No vote.

No vote for Representative Garcia. And standing Committee report number 596. Representative Shimizu.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. For 596, arise in opposition with brief comment.

Please proceed.

Just the idea that we discharge raw sewage into our ocean waters, I think that is not the ideal situation. And I just would like to make a statement that I don't agree with that. Thank you.

Any further discussion on standing Committee report 596? Representative Bilotti.

Thank you. Noting my reservations.

So ordered. Representative Souza.

Reservations so ordered.

Okay, seeing no further discussion on 596, we'll turn to standing Committee report number 597. Number 598. Number 599. Representative Garcia, reservations so ordered. Representative Pierrick. No vote, so ordered. Number 600. Representative pic. No vote, so ordered. Standing Committee report number 601. Number 602. Number 603. Number 604. Representative Garcia, reservations So ordered. Representative Kila.

Madam Speaker, at the appropriate time, may. We please go back to SCR593?

Okay. As soon as we're done with standing Committee report 595. Excuse me. 604. Any further discussion on 604? Okay, we'll turn back to standing Committee report 593.

Thank you. Madam Speaker, please note my voter reservations.

So ordered. Any further discussion on standing Committee report 593? Okay, turning back to standing Committee report number 605. Representative Garcia. No vote, so ordered. Representative Parrot. No vote, so ordered. Report number 606. Number 607. Representative Shimizu.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise in support. Reservations and a brief Comment, please.

Please proceed.

I agree with the content of this Bill and with reservations is to just acknowledge the advocates, to protect the Ina and to make sure that proper enforcement is done. Thank you.

Standing Committee report number 608, Madam Speaker. zero, excuse me. Representative Peruso on 607. On 607. Please proceed so with reservations and request to submit written comments. So ordered. Representative Bilati.

Thank you. Noting my reservations.

So ordered. Representative Souza. Reservations so ordered. Representative Poipoy. No vote, so ordered. Any further discussion on Standing Committee report number 607. Okay, turning next to standing Committee report 608. Standing Committee report 609. Representative Garcia.

No vote, so ordered.

Representative Morocca. No vote, so ordered. Representative Pyrrick. No vote, so ordered. Standing Committee report number 610. Representative Pyrrhick. No vote, so ordered. Report number 611. Representative Peric. Sorry, Representative Parrot. Can you say that one more time?

Sorry.

No vote, so ordered. Representative Garcia. So ordered. Standing Committee report number 612. Representative Pierrick. No vote, so ordered. Senate Committee report 613. Representative Pierrick. No Vote, so ordered. Report number 614. Representative Garcia. No vote, so ordered. Representative Pierrick. No vote, so ordered. Representative Moraoka. No vote, so ordered. Representative Matsumoto.

Reservations.

So ordered. Representative Alcos. No vote, so orders. Representative Reyes Oda.

Reservations so ordered.

Standing Committee report 615. Signing Committee report 616. Representative Garcia, reservations seat. So ordered. Representative Shimizu.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Arising support with reservations and reservations is highlighting the concern of privacy with the drones per the Office of Public Defenders testimony. Thank you.

Standing Committee report number 617. Representative Reyes Oda.

Reservations so ordered.

Standing Committee report 618. Representative Garcia. No vote, so ordered. Standing Committee report 619. Representative Garcia. No vote, so ordered. Representative Pierrick. No vote, so ordered. Standing Committee Report 620. Representative Garcia. No vote, so ordered. Representative Shimizu.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise in opposition with just rising opposition. Thank you.

So ordered. Okay, top of page 23. Standing Committee Report Number 621. Standing Committee Report 622. Standing Committee Report 623. Standing Committee Report 624. Standing Committee Report 625. Standing Committee Report 626. Standing Committee Report 627. Representative Garcia. No vote, so ordered. Representative Morocca. No vote, so ordered. Representative Shimizu.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise in opposition with brief comments. Please.

Please proceed.

My no vote is based on HPD's opposition in their testimony and the Bill presenting problems and being able to do Their job efficiently.

Thank you, Representative Pierrick.

Thank you. No vote.

So ordered. Representative Matsumoto. Reservations. So ordered. Representative Alos.

No vote.

So ordered. Representative Reyes, Oda.

Reservations so ordered.

Okay. Standing Committee report number 628 to Representative Garcia.

So ordered. Representative Pic.

No vote.

In opposition.

Please proceed.

This Bill raises taxes. I think a lot of our constituents don't want raised taxes.

Representative Morocca.

No vote.

So ordered. Standing Committee report number 629. Representative Shimizu.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise in support. With reservations and brief comments. Please.

Please proceed.

I'd like to thank the fine representative from Kaneohe for this great Bill. The reservation I have is based on opposition testimony from High Pyro, which is supposedly the only legal entity that is that does the Hilton Wine Village shows and 95% of the legal fireworks shows in the state.

And according to their testimony, the language of this Bill would prohibit them from proceeding with their business. So my reservation is if the Bill can address that situation.

Thank you, Representative Matsumoto.

With reservations.

So ordered.

And the pecking of the words of the previous speaker inserted into the journals if they were my own.

So ordered. Representative Garcia.

No vote.

So ordered. Okay. Standing Committee report number 630. Representative pic.

No vote.

So ordered. Representative Garcia.

No vote.

So ordered. Representative Morocco.

No vote.

So ordered. Representative Shimizu.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I rise in support. With reservations. I understand the intent of this Bill, but the reservation is the message we send to maybe our. Our youth. That there. There are consequences that are insignificant based on their crime that's committed. So that's the concern. Thank you.

Representative Reyes, Oda. Reservations. So ordered. Representative Alcos.

No vote.

So ordered. Representative Matsumoto. Reservations. So ordered. Representative Keela.

Reservation speaker, so ordered.

Oh, Representative Matsumoto.

Second time I'm going to change my vote to a no vote. Oh, thank you.

So ordered. Madam Speaker, Representative Lamosau, with reservations. Thank you. So ordered. Standing Committee report number 631. Okay, seeing no further discussion Members, we will take the voice vote. All those in favor say aye. All the opposed say no. The motion is carried. Item number six, introduction of resolutions. Mr. Clerk, are there any resolutions for action?

Madam Speaker, there are no resolutions for action. May all others be referred to print.

So ordered. Item number seven, announcements. Members, are there any announcements? If there are no announcements, the chair would like to remind Committee chairs that today is the first lateral filing deadline. This deadline is for bills that need to move to their final committees.

Please file your Committee reports and drafts with the Chief Clerk's office by 9pm this evening for the motion to adjourn. Representative Morikawa.

Madam Speaker, I move that this House. Stand adjourned until 12:00 noon tomorrow.

Represent Garcia.

Madam Speaker, I second the motion.

All those in favor say Aye. All those opposed say no. The motion is carried. The House stands adjourned until 12:00 noon tomorrow.