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HI SCR111

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Engrossed

3/31/2021

Primary Sponsor

Clarence Nishihara

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Origin

Senate

2021 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Request Hawaii Emergency Management Agency to convene a 14-member task force to study whether the state should use a single stockpile storage facility or multiple facilities across the four counties for emergency supplies.

  • Task force membership includes the HEMA Administrator (chair), representatives from the Governor's office, Senate, House, Department of Defense, Hawaii Technology Development Corporation, and two representatives each from Hawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, and Maui counties.

  • Task force members must be appointed within 30 days after the 2021 regular session ends, with initial meeting by July 1, 2021, and task force dissolution by July 1, 2022.

  • Task force must submit findings and recommendations to the Legislature by January 31, 2022, identifying appropriate locations on state land outside inundation zones, within one mile of an airfield, near first responder agencies, and reasonably secured.

  • Addresses critical gaps in the state's emergency supply chain identified by the COVID-19 pandemic and the need for rapid distribution of reserves to counties and communities during emergencies.

Legislative Description

Requesting The Hawaii Emergency Management Agency To Convene A Task Force To Study And Identify Appropriate Stockpile Storage Facility Options To Store And Distribute Emergency Supplies In The State Of Hawaii.

Emergency Supplies

Last Action

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 Representative(s) McDermott excused (1).

4/8/2021

Committee Referrals

Finance4/8/2021
Pandemic & Disaster Preparedness4/1/2021
Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs3/16/2021

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