House Floor

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

[Roll Call]

[Roll Call]

Madam Speaker, 47 Members are present. Four are excused.

Item number two, reading of the journal. Representative Morikawa.

Madam Speaker, may this matter be deferred

So ordered. Item number three, messages from the Governor. Mr. Clerk, are there any messages from the Governor?

Yes. Madam Speaker, we are in receipt of Governor's message number 1101 informing the House at House Bill number 1440. House draft 1 was signed into law on March 12, 2025 and designated as Act 1. May this matter be received and filed.

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

Madam Speaker, there are none.

Members, any introductions? Representative Templo.

Thank you. Madam Speaker. I want to take a moment to appreciate the incredible team that keeps my office running. When I call your name, please stand in the gallery. I want to recognize our office manager, Ed Thompson, and our session staff, Colleen Taken and Elizabeth Robinson.

Your dedication and efforts make all the difference, and I appreciate you guys so much. And not in the gallery. I'd like to recognize Kaishu tomorrow. Pam Min, Sandy Takeshita, and our cutest staffer, Libby. Thank you for all that you do, and welcome to your House of Representatives.

Representative Matsumoto.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. In the gallery, I have two of my constituents that are here today. We have Marianne Bickett and we have Brian Vale. And they're here for the Pilina Kanaloa Ocean Day. And she has created a display.

She has a dress made out of plastic and other trash, and she wanted to create awareness of the plastic in our clothing, as well as the greater plastic pollution problem. And so if you have a chance, go and check it out. But happy to have you here, and welcome to your House of Representatives.

Members, any further introductions? Okay, seeing 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 1178 through 1213 as listed on pages 1 through 10, and that the accompanying House bills as may be amended a second reading and be referred to their designated committees.

Representative Morikawa.

Ella. Speaker, I second the motion.

Okay. Members, is there any discussion on these items beginning with standing Committee report number 1178? Top of page two? Standing Committee report 1179. Standing Committee report number 1180. 1181-1182. Representative Matsumoto.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Ruling on a potential conflict.

Please state your potential conflict.

My husband is a firefighter and this would affect him.

That applies to this Bill applies to a broad class and so therefore no conflict. And that ruling will remain for the rest of session. Thank you, Representative Kusch.

Thank you, Speaker. Just in strong support. We had two firefighters that I worked side by side with who just passed away in February. Sorry. And you know, this is. This is a thing a lot of firefighters die from. So in strong support. Thank you.

Representative Matsumoto.

Now that I have no conflict, I'm also in strong support. Would like written comments into the journal. Thank you.

So ordered. Representative Poepoe.

Thank you, Speaker. Ruling on a potential conflict as well. My husband is a firefighter.

Same ruling, no conflict. And will stand for the remainder of session. Members. Any further discussion on Santa Commander Port number 1182? Okay, turning to the pop of page three. 1183-1184-1185-1186. Representative Garcia.

No vote.

So ordered. Representative Reyes Oda.

No vote.

So ordered. Representative Alcos.

No vote

So ordered. Representative Amato.

No vote.

So ordered. Representative Muraoka.

No vote

So ordered. Representative Pierick.

No vote

So ordered. Representative Matsumoto.

Reservations.

So ordered. Top of page four. Standing Committee report number 1187. Report number 1188. Report number 1189. Representative Reyes, ODA. Reservations.

So ordered. Representative Garcia. No vote, so ordered. Standing Committee report number 1190. Committee report 1191. Report number 1192. Number 1193. Representative Pierick in opposition. Please proceed.

I think this Bill is great in that our desire is to, you know, help kids eat. And the idea is that we're going to ask people to use their state income tax dollars from all across the state to pay for part of the kids meals. So the goal sounds admirable. The pathway sounds, you know, feasible.

However, that's kind of. We should take a step back and ask, what's a Better way to do this. Let's let the parents pay for their kids. You know, there's a lot of other ways to do this where we give more ownership to the parents versus the government in feeding the kids. So I'm voting no.

Turning to Standing Committee report number 1194. Standing Committee report 1195. Standing Committee report 1196. 1197. 1198. Report number 1199. Report number 1200. Representative Amato no vote, so ordered. Standing Committee report 1201, Representative Garcia no vote, so ordered. Representative Muraoka no vote, so ordered. Representative Pierrick no vote, so ordered. Representative Alcos.

With Reservations

So ordered. Report number 1202. Report number 1203. Representative Garcia with reservations, so ordered.

Report number 1204. 1205, Representative Pierick no vote, so ordered. Standing Committee report 1206. Standing Committee report 1207, Representative Garcia no vote, so ordered. Representative Reyes Oda Reservations so ordered. Representative Kong Reservations so ordered.

Standing Committee report 1208. Report 1209. Report 1210. Representative Garcia reservations so ordered. Standing Committee report 1211. 1212. Report number 1213. Okay, Members will be taking a voice vote. All those in favor say aye. All those opposed say no. The motion is carried. Item number six. Announcements. Members, are there any announcements? Representative Hashem

Speaker, I have an announcement. And I really want to make this announcement. Announcement. Because I know it'll drive my office manager crazy. It's her birthday today. I want to say happy birthday to Kathy Kato.

Representative Lowen.

Representative from Mililani kind of covered this earlier, but today is Ocean Day at the capital, Pilina Kanaloa. The booths are still up until 2 o' clock, so if everyone wants to check it out after we adjourn, I'm sure they would appreciate seeing people there.

Members, any further announcements? Okay, the Chair has one announcement. We'd like to remind Members of today's triple referral filing deadline for any bills moving from their first committees to their second committees in a triple referral. You must file the Committee reports with the Chief Clean Clerk's office by 7pm this evening.

Please allow yourselves and your staff sufficient time to file your reports before the deadline for the motion to adjourn. Representative Morikawa.

Madam Speaker, I move that this House stand adjourned until 12 o' clock noon tomorrow.

Representative Garcia.

Madam Speaker, I second the motion.

All those in favor, please say aye. All those opposed, say no. The motion is carried. The House stands adjourned until 12 o' clock noon tomorrow.