RELATING TO THE GENERATION OF WILDFIRE SUSCEPTIBILITY MAPS FOR HAWAII.
Summary
Requires the University of Hawaiʻi to establish and implement a two-year program to develop web-GIS wildfire susceptibility and vulnerability maps for the State to determine which communities, landscapes, buildings, and infrastructure are most vulnerable to future wildfires. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Apr 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
House Passage
Apr 2024
Governor
Introduced Jan 19, 2024
Last action Apr 24, 2024
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
35
Key actions
10
Committee
14
Amendments
1
Apr 24, 2024
Upper · Passed
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-25-24 3:30PM; Conference Room 229.
upper
Apr 5, 2024
Amended
Senate disagrees with House amendments.
upper
Apr 5, 2024
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 564).
upper
Apr 4, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Kitagawa, Souza excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.
lower
Mar 28, 2024
Lower · Passed
The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 12 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Chun, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kila, Kobayashi, Morikawa, Nishimoto, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Alcos, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Kitagawa, Aiu, Cochran, Lamosao.
lower
Mar 22, 2024
Committee
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Martinez, Nakashima, Quinlan excused (3).
lower
Mar 22, 2024
Committee
Reported from HET (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1282-24), recommending referral to FIN.
lower
Mar 20, 2024
Lower · Passed
The committee on HET recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Perruso, Kapela, La Chica, Marten, Matayoshi, M. Mizuno, Todd, Woodson, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Martinez, Quinlan.
lower
Mar 15, 2024
Committee
Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1124-24) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to HET.
lower
Mar 12, 2024
Lower · Passed
The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Poepoe, Chun, Ganaden, M. Mizuno, Morikawa, Takayama, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Hashem.
lower
Mar 7, 2024
Committee
Referred to WAL, HET, FIN, referral sheet 16
lower
Mar 5, 2024
Introduced
Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 130) in amended form (SD 2).
lower
Mar 5, 2024
Upper · Passed
Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
upper
Feb 22, 2024
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, DeCoite, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, Shimabukuro, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
upper
Feb 16, 2024
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-22-24 10:05AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
upper
Feb 15, 2024
Committee
Reported from HRE (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2445) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
upper
Feb 6, 2024
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on HRE recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HRE were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kim, Kidani, Fukunaga, Hashimoto, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
upper
Feb 2, 2024
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on HRE has scheduled a public hearing on 02-06-24 3:00PM; CR 229 & Videoconference.
upper
Jan 24, 2024
Committee
Referred to HRE, WAM.
upper
Jan 19, 2024
Introduced
Introduced.
upper
4 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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