Senate Floor

Will the Senate please come to order? Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

Senator DeCoite?

Here.

Here.

Senator Awa?

Senator Chang?

Here.

Here.

Here.

Senator Dela Cruz?

Senator DeCorte?

Senator Fukunaga?

Excused.

Senator Gabbard?

Present.

Senator Fevella?

Here.

Senator Ihara?

Present.

Senator Hashimoto?

Here.

Senator Keohokalole?

Present.

Senator Inouye?

Senator Kanuha?

Here.

Here.

Here.

Uh-huh.

Aye.

Senator Lamasau?

Here.

Senator Kidani?

Senator Lee?

Senator Kim?

Senator McKelvey?

Senator Moriwaki?

Senator San Buenaventura?

Here.

Present.

Senator Rhodes?

Rio. Senator Wakai?

Present.

Mister president?

Present.

24 present, one excused.

Thank you. The chair has read the journal of the preceding day and approves the same. Are there any introductions this morning? Senator Inouye.

Thank you, mister president. We'd like to mahalo to Aliyah Gabriel for today's moment of contemplation. And Aliyah started as my session hire legislative assistant and has since transitioned to one of my personal my permanent staff who is being coached to being my committee clerk. She was born and raised on Oahu and is an alumni of Roosevelt High School, furthered her education at the University of Hawaii Hilo, earning a bachelor's degree in Hawaiian geography with a minor in Hawaiian language.

A dedicated entrepreneur and business owner, she manages her family's long standing business, Koa cards, which is preparing for its fifth year at the Merrimanoke Festival in Hilo.

When she is in coordinating weekend events or dancing hula, Aaliyah enjoys reading and contributing to her work at the legislature. She's grateful for experience thus far and look and looks forward to the opportunities ahead. And I'd like to, introduce, my office manager, Tammy, as you all know, Tammy Kotani, who has been with me since 2020 after retiring from Hawaiian airlines. And of course, Mela Ching, who has been working in my office as a session hire legislative assistant since 2018, a former Hanukkah big island boy.

And I'd like to introduce my granddaughter who has been here for several sessions.

When we start the legislative session, Jalen Waite from Denver as well as Kona. Mahalo and happy to have you all here. Thank you, mister president.

Thank you. Any further introductions? If not, madam clerk.

Governor's message number 801 transmits the nomination of Vladimir P Devens as chief justice of the Hawaii sup state Supreme Court for a term of ten years.

Governor's message number 801 is referred to the committee on judiciary.

Governor's message number 802 transmits a nomination to the Board of Directors of the Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii.

Governor's message number 802 is referred to the Committee on Education.

Governor's message number 803 withdraws a nomination to the correctional industries advisory committee.

File.

House communication numbers 453 to 456 transmit various house Concurrent Resolutions, which were adopted in the house for referral to committee.

So ordered.

House communication number 457 informs the Senate that the house has discharged conferees on various measures.

File.

On page 23, standing committee report numbers 3409 and 3410 for one day notice. So ordered. Referrals and re referrals.

Referrals and re referrals are made in accordance with any supplemental orders of the day that may be filed later today.

No further business, mister president.

Are there any announcements today? If not, Senator Wakai.

Mister president, happy Easter weekend. I move that the Senate stand adjourn until 11:30AM, Monday, April 6.

Senator DeCorte.

Mister president, I second the motion.

It's been moved and seconded. If there are no objections from the objections from the members, the Senate will stand adjourned until 11:30AM Monday.