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HI HB 2480

died on adjournment

RELATING TO EMERGENCY RESPONSE.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Protects emergency responders from liability during periods of evacuation. Provides that individuals who wilfully fail to comply with predictive evacuation orders assume the risk and waive liability. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Introduced
2026-01-28
Status date
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Latest action
2026-02-25 — The committee(s) on JHA recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • MURAOKAprimary
  • ALCOSprimary
  • BELATTIprimary
  • GARCIAprimary
  • HUSSEYprimary
  • KILAprimary
  • MATSUMOTOprimary
  • PIERICKprimary
  • REYES ODAprimary
  • SHIMIZUprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-02-25

    The committee(s) on JHA recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.

    deferral

  2. 2026-02-23

    Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 02-25-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  3. 2026-02-18

    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 none excused (0).

    reading-2,referral-committee

  4. 2026-02-18

    Reported from PBS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 394-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

  5. 2026-02-11

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

    committee-passage-favorable

  6. 2026-02-06

    Bill scheduled to be heard by PBS on Wednesday, 02-11-26 8:40AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  7. 2026-02-02

    Referred to PBS, JHA, referral sheet 6

    referral-committee

  8. 2026-01-28

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • The committee on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2026-02-11 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Belatti: yes
    • Hashem: yes
    • Ichiyama: yes
    • Morikawa: yes
    • Poepoe: yes
    • Woodson: yes
    • Shimizu: yes
    • Iwamoto: yes
    • Souza: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2480&year=2026

Attribution

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