THE SENATE

KA ‘AHA KENEKOA

 

THE THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2026

 

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

Senator Carol Fukunaga, Chair

Senator Chris Lee, Vice Chair

 

AMENDED NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING

 

 

DATE:

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

TIME:

3:00 PM

PLACE:

Conference Room 016 & Videoconference

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

TIMESLOT:

PSM

 

 

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A M E N D E D  A G E N D A

 

 

 

The purpose of this decision-making meeting is to insert substantive provisions into the following short form bill.  A public hearing will be scheduled at a later date, at which point testimony will be accepted.

 

SB 924

      Proposed SD1

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

Prohibits excited delirium from being recognized as a valid medical diagnosis or cause of death in the State. Prohibits a medical examiner, coroner, or health care provider from stating on a certificate of death or in any report that the cause of death was excited delirium. Prohibits law enforcement officers from using the term excited delirium to describe an individual in an incident report. (Proposed SD1)

 

 

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[Measure deleted on 02-11-26]

SB 2645

      Proposed SD1

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO FIRE PREVENTION.

Amends Act 302, SLH 2025, by replacing two full-time equivalent (2.0 FTE) positions for fire inspectors and three full-time equivalent (3.0 FTE) positions for fire investigators with four full time equivalent (4.0 FTE) positions for assistant fire marshals. (Proposed SD1)

 

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Copies of the proposed SD1 are available from the Senate Document Center and on the Legislature's Web site:  www.capitol.hawaii.gov.

 

AS THIS IS A DECISION MAKING MEETING, NO TESTIMONY WILL BE ACCEPTED.

 

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FOR AMENDED NOTICES:  Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT (808) 586-6460.

 

 

 

 

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Senator Carol Fukunaga

Chair