Senate Standing Committee on Hawaiian Affairs

Hello, everyone. This is the Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, and we are convening for the Thursday, February 6101 agenda. We have three items on the agenda strictly for decision making. So there'll be no. Yes. Strictly decision making. There'll be no testimony today. This meeting is being streamed live on YouTube.

In the unlikely event that we have to abruptly end the hearing due to technical difficulties, we'll reconvene for any outstanding business at 2pm Again in this room. 224 testifiers. We don't have any of those today. If there are temporary technical glitches. Again, testifiers.

We appreciate your understanding, and if anyone is interested in reading the public testimony, please go to the website and look it up on the status page on the measure. First measure SB834. It is the recommendation of the chair to defer this measure.

And given the complexity of the issues and some of the concerns that this will raise both for the seller and the buyer and all the nuances and tangling things together, again, it's the recommendation of the chair to defer this measure. So, Vice Chair for the vote.

zero, excuse me.

I'm deferring.

Thank you.

Thank you. Moving on. Senate Bill 759. It is the recommendation of the chair to pass this measure unamended. Vice Chair for the vote.

Okay, voting on SB759. Chair's recommendation is to pass as is. Chair votes aye. Vice Chair votes aye. Senator Iharras excused. Senator Kehoeokolole. Aye. Senator De Cart. No chair recommendation has been adopted.

Thank you. Moving on to the third measure, Senate Bill 152. It is the recommendation of the chair to pass this measure with technical amendments. So, Vice Chair for the vote.

Okay, voting SB152. Chair's recommendation is to pass with amendments noting the excuse absence of Senator Ihar. Are there any nos. Are there any reservations saying none? Vice Chair. I mean, chair. Your recommendation has been adopted.

Thank you. We're at the end of the agenda. We stand a chair.