HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2025

 

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY

Rep. Della Au Belatti, Chair

Rep. Kim Coco Iwamoto, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Mark J. Hashem

Rep. Mahina Poepoe

Rep. Linda Ichiyama

Rep. Justin H. Woodson

Rep. Rachele F. Lamosao

Rep. Garner M. Shimizu

Rep. Dee Morikawa

Rep. Kanani Souza

 

 

NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING

 

DATE:

Wednesday, February 12, 2025

TIME:

11:00 AM

PLACE:

VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE

Conference Room 411

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

 

 

A live stream link of all House Standing Committee meetings will be available online

shortly before the scheduled start time.

 

Click here for the live stream of this meeting via YouTube.

 

 

 

A G E N D A

 

The following measure(s) were previously heard on Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at 9:00AM.

 

HB 1060

Status

RELATING TO EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.

Establishes the Community Readiness Centers Program to be implemented and administered by the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency.  Establishes the Community Readiness Centers Special Fund to fund the Community Readiness Centers Program.  Renames the Environmental Response, Energy, and Food Security Tax to the Environmental Response, Energy, Food Security, and Resilience Tax and directs a portion of the tax into the Community Readiness Centers Special Fund.  Effective 7/1/2025.

 

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The following measure(s) were previously heard on Friday, February 7th, 2025 at 9:30AM.

 

HB 1262

Status

RELATING TO THE EMERGENCY AND BUDGET RESERVE FUND.

Adds, as an allowable use of the Emergency and Budget Reserve Fund, economic payments to certain residents who have incurred losses in a disaster for which the Governor has declared a state of emergency.

 

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HB 1296

Status

RELATING TO THE MAJOR DISASTER FUND.

Establishes timely notice and reporting requirements to the Legislature by the Governor regarding the transfer of appropriations to the major disaster fund.

 

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As this is a decision making meeting only, no public testimony will be accepted.

 

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For further information, please call the Committee Clerk at (808) 586-9425.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Rep. Della Au Belatti

Chair