HI HB1080

Increases state capacity to shelter persons during disasters by providing expanded liability exemptions to private schools and health care facilities used as emergency shelters.

Amends Section 128-19 of Hawaii Revised Statutes to extend civil defense liability protections to private educational and healthcare facilities.

Department of Defense and Disability and Communication Access Board expressed support for the measure.

Committee on Public Safety recommended passage with request that Committee on Judiciary further review new language in Section 128-19(b)(2) regarding health care facilities, as the purpose and scope of that specific proviso was unclear from testimony.