HR 142 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 bill is a House resolution that asks the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency to evaluate the state's emergency shelters and create a plan to strengthen their ability to withstand hurricanes. The agency will identify all designated disaster shelters, assess their structural capacity to handle hurricane-force winds, and publish a public list showing each shelter's location and resilience level. Additionally, the resolution requires the agency to develop recommendations for improving shelter capacity through upgrades or retrofits and submit a report to the Legislature by early 2027. This measure directly affects emergency management officials and aims to provide residents with clearer information about safe shelter options during storm events.

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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HR142 → HR142_HD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was updated from a House draft to the first House reading version, incorporating formatting corrections and minor text adjustments. The substantive policy content remains unchanged, specifically the request for the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency to assess hurricane shelter capacity and submit a report by March 2027.

Scope change

No change in scope or applicability; the bill continues to apply to the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency regarding hurricane shelter assessment.

TECHNICAL

Updated bill metadata including author name, file references, and session timestamps.

Corrected a grammatical error in the first 'Whereas' clause by removing the extra word 'State'.

Adjusted the phrasing in the 'Be It Further Resolved' section from 'shall' to 'is requested to' for consistency.

Reformatted the closing section to remove unnecessary blank lines and consolidate the list of recipients for the certified copies.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Full legislative history

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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. 1663-26) 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