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HR142Introduced in the House

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.

IntroducedHouse Finance

Introduced by Joe Gedeon, District 18

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Official description

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.

Where it stands

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).

April 2, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

No recorded vote is available for this bill yet.

Bill history

  1. Offered

  2. Referred to PBS, FIN, referral sheet 19

  3. Resolution scheduled to be heard by PBS on Friday, 03-27-26 10:00AM in conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  4. 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.

  5. Reported from PBS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1663-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending referral to FIN.

  6. 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).

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