CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 95-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 3087

S.D. 1

H.D. 2

C.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 3087, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, entitled:

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

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

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

Your Committee on Conference finds that moving the Emergency Management Assistance Compact, currently codified under chapter 128F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, into the emergency management series of the Hawaii Revised Statutes will provide concise, logical organization to the emergency management laws of the State. This measure will align the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency with the best emergency management practices across the country by repealing chapter 128F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and reincorporating the Emergency Management Assistance Compact in a new, appropriately designated chapter in the 127A series of the Hawaii Revised Statutes chapters.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Deleting the preamble;

(2) Changing the effective date to upon its approval; and

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3087, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3087, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ STACELYNN K. M. ELI Co-Chair	____________________________ CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA Chair
____________________________ TAKASHI OHNO Co-Chair	____________________________ BENNETTE MISALUCHA Co-Chair
____________________________ MARK M. NAKASHIMA Co-Chair
____________________________ AMY A. PERRUSO Co-Chair