REQUESTING THE OFFICE OF PLANNING AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO EVALUATE THE ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE PLACEMENT OF AN OFFICE OF RESILIENCE AND RECOVERY.

SCR 51 is a Senate Concurrent Resolution requesting the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to form a working group to evaluate where a permanent Office of Resilience and Recovery should be established within Hawaii state government. The resolution responds to the Maui wildfires' devastation and recommendations from the Hawaii Climate Advisory Team, which urged creating such an office to coordinate disaster resilience. The working group must include state agency leaders (like Emergency Management, Fire Marshal, and Land Resources), county emergency managers, and the Red Cross, and submit findings by November 2025. It does not create the office itself but seeks to determine its optimal administrative placement and relationship with existing agencies like the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency.