SB 1570 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

Summary

Requires the Department of Transportation to plan and design an expansion of the runway at Molokai Airport to accommodate larger aircraft. Requires the Department of Transportation to submit a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2077. (SD1)

Issues: ✓ Transportation

Sub-Topics: Airports

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 22, 2025 Last action Feb 13, 2025

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What changed between versions

SB1570 → SB1570_SD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was reformatted from a standard Senate bill to a Senate Draft (SD1) version with minor text corrections and a significant change to the effective date. The substantive policy content remains the same, requiring the governor to declare a state of emergency if air service to Molokai or Lanai is unavailable for more than 24 hours and directing the Department of Transportation to plan runway expansion at Molokai airport.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on emergency air transportation management for Molokai and Lanai islands and runway expansion planning at Molokai airport.

TIMELINE

The effective date was changed from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 2077, which appears to be an error or placeholder that should be reviewed.

TECHNICAL

The document was reformatted from a standard Senate bill format to a Senate Draft (SD1) format with updated metadata and headers.

Minor text corrections were made throughout the document, including fixing typos and formatting inconsistencies in the statutory language.

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Committee

Feb 13, 2025

Committee

Reported from PSM/TCA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 417) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Feb 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in TCA were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Inouye, Elefante, Kanuha, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Feb 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in PSM were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Elefante, Wakai, Fukunaga, Rhoads, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Feb 6, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on PSM/TCA has scheduled a public hearing on 02-10-25 3:15PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 27, 2025

Committee

Referred to PSM/TCA, WAM.

upper

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and passed First Reading.

upper

Jan 22, 2025

Introduced

Pending Introduction.

upper

5 primary · 1 co-sponsor