STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3842

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 2119

H.D. 2

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 2119, H.D. 2, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to replace the existing Emergency Management Assistance Compact with a new Emergency Management Assistance Compact.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency and Hawaii State Energy Office.

Your Committee received written comments in opposition to this measure from Hawaii Association for Justice.

Your Committee finds that this measure will update and better align the State's emergency management practices with those of other jurisdictions throughout the United States.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Deleting provisions that designate the Adjutant General as:

(A) The legally designated state official having assigned responsibility for emergency management for the State; and

(B) The authorized representative of the State who may request assistance of another party state; and

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2119, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2119, H.D. 2, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair