HI HB 2554
died on adjournmentRELATING TO SEARCH AND RESCUE.
Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower
Description
Temporarily establishes, within the Office of the Governor, the Office of the State Search and Rescue Coordinator to review, assess, coordinate, prepare, and manage plans and resources for search and rescue operations statewide. Repeals on 6/30/2031. Appropriates moneys. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
- Introduced
- 2026-01-28
- Status date
- —
- Latest action
- 2026-02-20 — Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 734-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- COCHRANprimary
- PERRUSOprimary
- PIERICKprimary
- SHIMIZUprimary
- SOUZAprimary
- Reyes Odacosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2026-02-20
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).
passage,referral-committee
2026-02-20
Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 734-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
2026-02-19
The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Cochran, Hashem, Kahaloa, Sayama, Takayama, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-17
Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 02-19-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2026-02-12
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
2026-02-12
Reported from PBS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 226-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
2026-02-06
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
2026-02-03
Bill scheduled to be heard by PBS on Friday, 02-06-26 10:15AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2026-02-02
Referred to PBS, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 6
referral-committee
2026-01-28
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
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Votes
The committee on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
2026-02-06 · pass · 9-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Belatti: yes
- Iwamoto: yes
- Hashem: yes
- Ichiyama: yes
- Morikawa: yes
- Poepoe: yes
- Woodson: yes
- Shimizu: yes
- Souza: yes
The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
2026-02-19 · pass · 10-0
Member-level votes (10)
- Tarnas: yes
- Poepoe: yes
- Belatti: yes
- Cochran: yes
- Hashem: yes
- Kahaloa: yes
- Sayama: yes
- Takayama: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Shimizu: yes
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