HB 358 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO DISASTER PREPAREDNESS.

Summary

Requires all public buildings, including public school buildings, constructed after January 1, 2026, to be designed to withstand category five hurricanes and be used as shelters in the event of an emergency. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Issues: ✓ Education

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 16, 2025 Last action Feb 6, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB358 → HB358_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill was amended to change its effective date from immediate approval to July 1, 3000, which means the hurricane-resistant building requirements will never take effect. The bill also removed a provision requiring the state to consider hurricane-resistant criteria when designing new public schools, and added metadata headers from the legislative drafting system that were not part of the original bill text.

Scope change

The bill's scope was significantly reduced by changing the effective date to a future date (July 1, 3000), effectively nullifying the requirement that public buildings constructed after January 1, 2026, must withstand category five hurricanes.

TIMELINE

Changed the effective date from 'upon approval' to 'July 1, 3000', which makes the bill's requirements never take effect

REQUIREMENT

Removed the requirement that the state consider hurricane-resistant criteria when designing and constructing new public schools

TECHNICAL

Added metadata headers and system information from the legislative drafting software that were not part of the original bill content

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Committee

Feb 6, 2025

Committee

Reported from PBS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 241) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to LAB.

lower

Feb 5, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Iwamoto, Hashem, Lamosao, Poepoe, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Shimizu; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Morikawa, Woodson.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to PBS, LAB, FIN, referral sheet 1

lower

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 16, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

8 primary · 0 co-sponsors