THE SENATE

THE THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2022

 

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY, INTERGOVERNMENTAL, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

Senator Clarence K. Nishihara, Chair

Senator Lynn DeCoite, Vice Chair

 

COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Senator Sharon Y. Moriwaki, Chair

Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Tuesday, March 22, 2022

TIME:

2:00 p.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 229 & Videoconference

TIMESLOT:

PSM

 

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Effective March 7, 2022, the Legislature will accept written, videoconference, and in-person testimony at public hearings.

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A G E N D A

 

HB 956, HD1

      (HSCR810-22)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO STATEWIDE INTEROPERABLE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS.

Establishes a statewide interoperable communications executive committee for public safety communications and the position of the statewide interoperable communications coordinator.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (HD1)

 

PSM/GVO, WAM

HB 1585, HD1

      (HSCR682-22)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

Clarifies that the powers granted for emergency purposes shall not be inconsistent with the state constitution.  Provides parameters for the duration of suspension of laws and requires justification for the suspension.  Authorizes the governor to require counties to obtain approval prior to issuing any emergency order, rule, or proclamation.  Clarifies that a state of emergency may be extended or terminated by a separate or supplementary proclamation.  Authorizes the legislature to terminate a state of emergency, in part or in whole, by an affirmative two-thirds vote.  Specifies that prohibitions on price increases of essential commodities during a severe weather warning expire seventy-two hours after the effective date and time of the initial declaration or any supplemental proclamation.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (HD1)

 

PSM/GVO, JDC/WAM

HB 1587, HD1

      (HSCR816-22)

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO AN INTRASTATE MUTUAL AID SYSTEM.

Establishes the intrastate mutual aid system to allow counties to share resources in times of emergency or in preparation for emergencies.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (HD1)

 

PSM/GVO, WAM

 

 

 

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

All testimony received by the Hawai‘i Senate is posted on the Hawai‘i Legislature's website, which is accessible to the public. Please do not include private information that you do not want disclosed to the public.

 

Please go to the Legislature's website, www.capitol.hawaii.gov, to submit written testimony at least 24 hours prior to the hearing. Create a free account on the website, or sign in to an existing account, then click on the "Testimony" icon on the home page to get started. While submitting your written testimony, you will be prompted to indicate if you would also like to testify at the hearing in-person or remotely via videoconference.

 

Please note the following:

 

·         The number of oral testifiers and/or time allotted to each testifier may be limited by the Chair when necessary to adhere to the committee hearing schedule. We may not be able to accommodate everyone who requests to testify orally.

·         Testifiers for this hearing will be limited to 1 minutes each.

 

If you wish to testify via videoconference during the hearing, please review the detailed step-by-step instructions for testimony procedures before you submit your written testimony. Here's a direct link to the instructions: https://capitol.hawaii.gov/docs/testimonyinstructions2022.pdf

 

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For amended notices: Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

 

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Senator Sharon Moriwaki

Chair

 

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Senator Clarence K. Nishihara

Chair