STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1551-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.C.R. No. 163

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Public Safety and Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 163 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TO MAKE NECESSARY UPDATES TO ENSURE THAT TEXTUAL AND AUDIBLE INFORMATION FROM THE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM ARE MATCHED AND SYNCHRONIZED DURING TELEVISION BROADCASTS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to urge the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the National Weather Service to make necessary updates to ensure that textual and audible information from the Emergency Alert System are matched and synchronized during television broadcasts so that all members of the public have access to timely and life-saving information.

The Disability and Communication Access Board and Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i supported this measure.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Public Safety and Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 163 and recommend that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Public Safety and Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts,

____________________________ MATTHEW S. LOPRESTI, Chair

____________________________ GREGG TAKAYAMA, Chair