SB 141 Hawaii Senate · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

Summary

Establishes the eighth day of August of each year as "Hawaii Disaster Drill Day". Requires the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, in coordination with all state departments and agencies, to conduct drills and perform other activities for that day. (SD1)

Tags: Emergency Management

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Feb 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 10, 2025 Last action Dec 8, 2025

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What changed between versions

SB141 → SB141_SD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill establishes August 8 as 'Hawaii Disaster Drill Day' to promote disaster preparedness, modeled after Taiwan's National Disaster Prevention Day. The primary substantive change is the effective date, which was moved from immediate approval to July 1, 2025, allowing time for agencies to prepare. Minor updates include correcting the death toll in the background text regarding the 1999 Jiji earthquake and updating bill metadata.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on requiring the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency to conduct drills on August 8, with no changes to eligibility, funding, or enforcement mechanisms.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the Act was changed from 'upon approval' to 'July 1, 2025', delaying implementation to allow for administrative preparation.

TECHNICAL

The death toll in the background text regarding the 1999 Jiji earthquake was updated from 'two thousand five hundred' to '2,415' for accuracy.

Bill metadata, including the author name, bill type designation, and revision numbers, were updated to reflect the Senate Draft 1 version.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Feb 13, 2025

Upper · Passed

Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.

upper

Feb 13, 2025

Committee

Reported from PSM/TCA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 416) 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 17, 2025

Committee

Referred to PSM/TCA, WAM.

upper

Jan 15, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and passed First Reading.