STAND. COM. REP. NO. 957-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 1902

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1902, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Clarify that the Governor's and mayors' emergency management powers shall be consistent with the state constitution;

(2) Clarify the scope of the Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan;

(3) Clarify the powers of the Governor and mayors to extend or terminate a state of emergency; and

(4) Shorten the duration of price control periods from ninety-six hours to seventy-two hours.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawai‘i Emergency Management Agency; Hawaii Association of REALTORS; Retail Merchants of Hawaii; Hawaii Food Industry Association; and one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii and Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO.

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. 1902, 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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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair