HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to emergency workers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 707-700, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "emergency worker" to read as follows:
""Emergency
worker" means any:
(1) Law enforcement officer, including any police officer, employee of the department of law enforcement conferred with police powers by the director of law enforcement, parole or probation officer, or any other officer of any county, state, federal, or military agency authorized to exercise law enforcement or police powers;
(2) Firefighter, emergency medical services personnel, emergency medical technician, ambulance crewmember, or any other emergency response personnel;
(3) Member of the Hawaii National Guard on any duty or service done under or in pursuance of an order or call of the governor or the President of the United States or any proper authority;
(4) Member of the United States Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard on any duty or service performed under or in pursuance of an order or call of the President of the United States or any proper authority;
(5) Member
of the National Guard from any other state ordered into service by any proper
authority; [or]
(6) Person
engaged in emergency management functions as authorized by the director of
Hawaii emergency management or the administrator or director of the county
emergency management agency or as otherwise authorized under chapter 127A[.]; or
(7) Telecommunications
dispatcher, including any call‑taker, police, fire, or emergency medical
dispatcher, or any combination of these; emergency dispatcher; or any other
telecommunications dispatch personnel who, while operating a 9-1-1 automated
terminal, utilizes multiple robust lifesaving procedures and technologies to
obtain critical information from the caller, analyzes the information given
and, from specialized mapping systems, sends the appropriate and closest available
emergency unit and communicates the best course of action for the caller to
take prior to the arrival of the field first responder."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on January 1, 2024.
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Report Title:
Emergency Workers; Communications Dispatchers; Penal Code; Offenses Against the Person
Description:
Amends
the definition of "emergency worker" in the Penal Code to include
communications dispatchers.
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