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Hawaii 2026

HB 2581

RELATING TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-11-12 00:12:40 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Hawaii
Session
2026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Appropriation ($), Disasters, Emergencies, Emergency Management, Emergency Powers, HIEMA, Hawaii Community Resilience Hub Program, Preparedness, Reports
Introduced / first action
2026-01-28 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Clarifies the types of events that constitute disasters and emergencies for the purposes of emergency management. Establishes the Hawaii Community Resilience Hub Program within the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency to support the development of community-based resilience hubs across the State and leverage federal, philanthropic, and private-sector funding for disaster preparedness and climate resilience. Requires the Agency to identify locations on each island that can be used as state disaster response and mitigation hubs when a state of emergency is declared. Requires annual reports to the Legislature. Appropriates moneys. Effective 7/1/2055. (SD2)

Sponsors

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 3:30 PM; Conference Room 016.

  2. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 4:30 PM; Conference Room 016.

  3. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 5:10 PM; Conference Room 016.

  4. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 5:40 PM; Conference Room 016.

  5. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 5:51 PM; Conference Room 016.

  6. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 1:45PM; Conference Room 016.

  7. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-30-26 3:00PM; CR 016.

  8. Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 871).

    receipt

  9. Senate Conferees Appointed: Fukunaga Chair; DeCoite Co-Chair; Inouye, DeCorte.

  10. Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Wednesday, 04-29-26 3:05PM in conference room 016.

  11. Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 786).

    receipt

  12. House Conferees Appointed: Belatti, Tarnas, Morikawa Co-Chairs; Shimizu.

  13. Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 780).

    receipt

  14. House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

    amendment-failure

  15. Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

    passage

  16. Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 705) in amended form (SD 2).

  17. Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3674) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

  18. 48 Hrs. Notice 04-14-26.

  19. The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 12 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Richards, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Lee, C..

    committee-passage-favorable

  20. The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-06-26 10:32AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  21. Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3293) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

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

    reading-2, referral-committee

  23. The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in PSM were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Fukunaga, Lee, C., DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Hashimoto, Inouye.

    committee-passage-favorable

  24. Re-Referred to PSM, WAM.

    referral-committee

  25. Public notice requirement waived pursuant to Senate Rule 21.

  26. The committee on PSM has deleted the measure from decision making scheduled on 03-23-26 3:00PM; CR 016 & Videoconference.

  27. The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-25-26 3:00PM; CR 016 & Videoconference (Proposed Draft).

  28. The committee(s) on PSM deferred the measure until 03-23-26 3:00PM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

    deferral

  29. Re-Referred to PSM, JDC.

    referral-committee

  30. The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-20-26 3:15PM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

  31. Referred to PSM, JDC/WAM.

    referral-committee

  32. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 119).

    introduction, receipt

  33. Passed First Reading.

    reading-1

  34. Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 832-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  35. Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Perruso excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.

    passage

  36. The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Lee, M..

    committee-passage-favorable

  37. Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 02-27-26 10:00AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  38. Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 746-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.

  39. Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1).

    referral-committee

  40. The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Kahaloa, Takayama, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Cochran, Shimizu; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Hashem, Sayama.

    committee-passage-favorable

  41. Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 02-18-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  42. Reported from PBS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 189-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

  43. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Holt excused (1).

    reading-2, referral-committee

  44. The committee on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Iwamoto, Hashem, Ichiyama, Morikawa, Poepoe, Woodson, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  45. Bill scheduled to be heard by PBS on Friday, 02-06-26 10:15AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  46. Referred to PBS, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 6

    referral-committee

  47. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

    introduction, reading-1

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