HR 163 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

REQUESTING THAT THE OFFICE OF THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL AND THE STATE FIRE COUNCIL CLEARLY DEFINE STAGES OF WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION AND RELATED EFFORTS IN THE HAWAII STATE FIRE CODE.

This House Resolution (HR 163) requests the Hawaii State Fire Marshal and Fire Council to clarify specific terms related to wildfire suppression stages in the state fire code. It specifically asks for defined meanings of "uncontrolled," "contained," "controlled," "extinguished," and "fully extinguished," with a key requirement that "fully extinguished" must include 48 hours of hotspot monitoring (96 hours during red flag/drought conditions). The resolution aims to improve public communication, fire operation protocols, and safety regulations by standardizing terminology. It does not create new law but directs the State Fire Code to adopt these definitions.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

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Governor

Introduced Mar 7, 2025 Last action Mar 27, 2025

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HR163 → HR163_HD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was reformatted from a House Resolution to a House Bill (HD1) with updated metadata and administrative information. The substantive policy content regarding wildfire terminology definitions remained largely the same, though some formatting and capitalization inconsistencies were corrected in the text.

Scope change

None - the bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged as it is still a House Resolution requesting definitions in the Hawaii State Fire Code

TECHNICAL

Document metadata and formatting were updated to reflect House Bill HD1 status with new administrative identifiers and dates

Minor text formatting corrections including capitalization of 'Office of the State Fire Marshal' and removal of placeholder symbols

New administrative fields added including document type, revision numbers, and processing dates

Removed original House Resolution header formatting and replaced with standard House Bill template structure

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Committee

Mar 27, 2025

Committee

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JHA as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Hashem, Hussey, Templo, Ward excused (4).

lower

Mar 27, 2025

Committee

Reported from PBS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1593) as amended in HD 1, recommending referral to JHA.

lower

Mar 21, 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, Ichiyama, Poepoe, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Hashem, Lamosao, Morikawa, Woodson.

lower

Mar 14, 2025

Committee

Referred to PBS, JHA, referral sheet 22

lower

Mar 7, 2025

Introduced

Offered

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