STAND. COM. REP. NO. 269-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 2119

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Pandemic & Disaster Preparedness, to which was referred H.B. No. 2119 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE COMPACT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to adopt the Emergency Management Assistance Compact in a new chapter of the Hawaii Revised Statutes.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Defense, Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, and Hawaii State Energy Office.

Your Committee finds that this measure codifies the Emergency Management Assistance Compact in a new chapter of the Hawaii Revised Statutes.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Pandemic & Disaster Preparedness that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2119, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2119, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Corrections, Military, & Veterans.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Pandemic & Disaster Preparedness,

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LINDA ICHIYAMA, Chair