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HI SR67

Resolution

Status

Passed

4/4/2018

Primary Sponsor

Rosalyn Baker

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Origin

Senate

2018 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Urges the Federal Communications Commission, Federal Emergency Management Agency, and National Weather Service to update the Emergency Alert System to ensure textual and audible information are matched and synchronized during television broadcasts.

  • Requests the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency work with federal agencies to deliver accessible emergency information for all populations, including persons who are blind, deaf, hard of hearing, or with cognitive disabilities.

  • Emphasizes that textual emergency information must match and synchronize with audible broadcast information, which includes more detailed information than text alone.

  • Directs certified copies of the resolution be transmitted to the Chairperson of the Federal Communications Commission, Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Director of the National Weather Service, Governor of Hawaii, and Adjutant General of the State of Hawaii.

Legislative Description

Urging The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency To Work With The Federal Communications Commission, The Federal Emergency Management Agency, And The National Weather Service To Make Necessary Updates To Ensure That Textual And Audible Information From The Emergency Alert System Are Matched And Synchronized During Television Broadcasts.

Emergency Alert System

Last Action

Report and Resolution Adopted, as amended (SD 1).

4/4/2018

Committee Referrals

Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs3/15/2018

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