STAND. COM. REP. NO. 830

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2021

RE: H.B. No. 103

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 103, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EMERGENCY POWERS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Clarify that the powers granted for emergency purposes shall not be inconsistent with the Hawaii State Constitution;

(2) Provide parameters for the duration of suspension of laws and require justification for the suspension;

(3) Provide for the termination or extension of a proclamation of a state of emergency; and

(4) Allow a separate proclamation arising from the same emergency or disaster as a previous proclamation that expired, upon request of the Governor and adoption of a concurrent resolution by the Legislature.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from one member of the Kaua‘i County Council; Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO; and numerous individuals. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, Maui Chamber of Commerce, and four individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from Common Cause Hawaii, League of Women Voters, and The Heartland Institute.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 103, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair