Hawaii House Bill 1564

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-2)
Status: Introduced on January 17 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-24 - Referred to WAL/EEP, FIN, referral sheet 1
Pending: House Water & Land Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Establishes a statewide firefighting helicopter program, to be administered by the State Fire Marshal. Appropriates funds to obtain helicopters, facilities equipment, and supplies; hire and train staff; and do other things necessary to ensure that the program is ready to begin providing aerial firefighting services on July 1, 2025. Declares that the expenditure exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025. Establishes that this measure only takes effect if another bill is passed that establishes a State Fire Marshal position.

Relating To Statewide Fire Helicopters.

Rep. David Tarnas [D]	Rep. Terez Amato [D]	Rep. Della au Belatti [D]	Rep. Elle Cochran [D]
Rep. Ernesto Ganaden [D]	Rep. Jeanne Kapela [D]	Rep. Lisa Kitagawa [D]	Rep. Bertrand Kobayashi [D]
Rep. Nicole Lowen [D]	Rep. Lisa Marten [D]	Rep. Rose Martinez [D]	Rep. Scot Matayoshi [D]
Rep. Lauren Matsumoto [R]	Rep. Tyson Miyake [D]	Rep. Daynette Morikawa [D]	Rep. Mark Nakashima [D]
Rep. Amy Perruso [D]	Rep. Mahina Poepoe [D]	Rep. Gregg Takayama [D]	Rep. Adrian Tam [D]
Rep. Gene Ward [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-24	House	Referred to WAL/EEP, FIN, referral sheet 1
2024-01-17	House	Introduced and Pass First Reading.
2024-01-16	House	Prefiled.

SB2808 (Same As) 2024-02-16 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1564&year=2024
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB1564_.HTM