STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2578

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2889

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2889 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOMELAND SECURITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

(1) Establish the Hawaii State Fusion Center under the Office of Homeland Security; and

(2) Establish the position of Director for the Hawaii State Fusion Center.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Defense, Department of Human Services, Department of Public Safety, Department of Transportation, Hawaii State Energy Office, Office of Homeland Security, Department of Emergency Management of the City and County of Honolulu, Hawai‘i Police Department, Board of Water Supply, Retail Merchants of Hawaii, InfraGard Hawaii Members Alliance, and Hawaii Hotel Visitor Industry Security Association. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual.

Your Committee finds that on December 20, 2010, the State was designated as the seventy-seventh fusion center by the United States Department of Homeland Security. The Hawaii Fusion Center has been a vital resource for the State, serving as a center for federal, state, and county agencies to coordinate their efforts in receiving and sharing important security information. As security threats increase, it is essential that the State maintains the ability to coordinate the efficient and effective sharing of security information across all levels of government. This measure officially establishes the Hawaii Fusion Center and the position of the Hawaii State Fusion Center Director.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2889, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2889, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs,

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CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair