Votes at a glance: conference committee actions and rollovers, April 25

The Joint House and Senate Conference committee met April 25 in Conference Room 229 and took votes or scheduled further action on multiple measures. Below are the items the committee recorded final or procedural actions on during the morning sessions.

Votes and outcomes recorded in the committee transcript:

- HB1316 (HD2 SD1) — DLNR; rental vessels and registration: Conference conferees indicated agreement on a proposed CD1 and recorded unanimous ‘aye’ votes among conferees present. The transcript records House conferees voting “aye” and Senate conferees recording “aye.” Outcome: approved by conferees present; next steps: follow enrollment procedures.

- SB1221 (SD2 HD3) — Regulation of retention and detention ponds ("Sharkey’s Law"): Conference draft 1 approved. The draft requires counties to adopt ordinances, perform a survey of existing ponds, and report to the Legislature; compliance date added of Jan. 1, 2027. Outcome: approved by conferees present.

- HB800 (HD1 SD2) — Government; real property; land transfer: Conference conferees recorded unanimous ‘aye’ votes among those present and approved the measure. Outcome: approved by conferees present.

- HB1220 (HD1 SD1) — Invasive species; Kaneohe Bay: Conference conferees recorded ‘aye’ votes and approved the conference draft during the session. Outcome: approved by conferees present.

Procedural rollovers scheduled by the committee for later the same day (time and room recorded):

- SB465 (HD1) — Kikia‘ola small boat harbor: Rolled to 4:00 p.m. in Conference Room 411 due to missing WAM/finance release.

- SB223 (SD2 HD1) — Fire prevention (DLNR wildfire program): Rolled to 4:00 p.m. in Conference Room 411 for continued consideration (committee discussed the draft and removed a section requesting appropriations after confirming budget coverage).

- HB830 (HD2 SD2) — Historic preservation reviews: Rolled to 3:00 p.m. in Conference Room 224 pending FIN release.

- HB778, SB739 and additional land-use/land-exchange measures: Rolled to 4:00 p.m. in Conference Room 411 where noted (lack of WAM/FIN releases or conferee availability cited).

The transcript records names of conferees and votes as spoken during the session; several members were noted as excused for certain items. Where the transcript recorded specific vote names, the article lists the recorded names; where transcript wording was abbreviated or unclear, the committee’s official minutes and the enrolled conference report should be consulted for the final, authoritative vote tallies and roll-forward scheduling.