STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1190-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.R. No. 42

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Public Safety, to which was referred H.R. No. 42 entitled:

"HOUSE RESOLUTION URGING THE STATE TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A STATEWIDE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SIMULATION EXERCISE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to urge the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency of the Department of Defense, with cooperation from the Pacific Forum Center for Strategic and International Studies, to develop and implement a statewide emergency management simulation exercise that includes all sectors of the community and is widespread.

The Pacific Forum Center for Strategic and International Studies and the Global Network for Disaster Reduction supported this measure.  The State Adjutant General and the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency of the Department of Defense offered comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by requesting the Department of Health to cooperate with the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency of the Department of Defense in developing and implementing a statewide emergency management simulation exercise that includes all sectors of the community.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 42, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.R. No. 42, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety,

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GREGG TAKAYAMA, Chair