HCR 150 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

REQUESTING THE HAWAII EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY TO IDENTIFY AND ASSESS EMERGENCY SHELTERS CAPABLE OF WITHSTANDING HURRICANE CONDITIONS AND TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO IMPROVE THE STATE'S HURRICANE SHELTER CAPACITY.

This House Concurrent Resolution asks the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency to evaluate which emergency shelters can safely withstand hurricane-force winds and create a plan to strengthen the state's shelter capacity. The agency will identify all designated shelters, assess their structural ability to resist storms, and publish a public list showing each shelter's location and resilience level. Additionally, the resolution directs the agency to recommend improvements such as building upgrades and submit a final report to the Legislature by early 2027. This action is intended to help residents make informed decisions during evacuations and improve overall disaster preparedness.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2026

Committee Review

Apr 2026

House Passage

Apr 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 16, 2026 Last action Apr 2, 2026

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HCR150 → HCR150_HD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was updated to reflect its progression to the House of Representatives (HD1), changing the author and internal tracking metadata. Substantively, the text was reformatted to remove hyphenation for readability, and the final resolution clause was clarified to explicitly state that the agency 'is requested' to act, rather than using the more mandatory 'shall'.

Scope change

No change in the bill's scope, applicability, or substantive policy requirements.

TECHNICAL

Updated the bill header to indicate it is now HCR150 HD1, reflecting its status in the House of Representatives.

Changed the author name from Cailey Filipo to Steven Lum in the metadata.

Reformatted the body text by removing line-break hyphens to improve readability without altering meaning.

REQUIREMENT

Clarified the directive to the Emergency Management Agency by changing the language from 'shall' to 'is requested to', aligning the resolution with the standard format for concurrent resolutions.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

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Key actions

Committee

Apr 2, 2026

Lower · Passed

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

lower

Apr 2, 2026

Committee

Reported from PBS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1664-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending referral to FIN.

lower

Mar 27, 2026

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, Woodson, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Hashem, Morikawa, Poepoe.

lower

Mar 18, 2026

Committee

Referred to PBS, FIN, referral sheet 19

lower

Mar 16, 2026

Introduced

Offered

lower

9 primary · 0 co-sponsors