# Hawaii SCR 111: DECLARING A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY RELATING TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND REQUESTING STATEWIDE COORDINATION TO IDENTIFY, PLAN FOR, AND CREATE CROSS-SECTOR SOLUTIONS TO STRENGTHEN HAWAII'S PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE TO THE CLIMATE CRISIS.

Hawaii SCR 111, DECLARING A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY RELATING TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND REQUESTING STATEWIDE COORDINATION TO IDENTIFY, PLAN FOR, AND CREATE CROSS-SECTOR SOLUTIONS TO STRENGTHEN HAWAII'S PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE TO THE CLIMATE CRISIS., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 1) Senate bill sponsored by Mike Gabbard (Democratic); status adopted, last action 2025-04-21 (Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 768).) (as of 2026-10-28).

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## Facts
- Bill: Hawaii SCR 111
- State: Hawaii
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 1)
- Title: DECLARING A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY RELATING TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND REQUESTING STATEWIDE COORDINATION TO IDENTIFY, PLAN FOR, AND CREATE CROSS-SECTOR SOLUTIONS TO STRENGTHEN HAWAII'S PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE TO THE CLIMATE CRISIS.
- Status: adopted
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-03-07
- Last action: 2025-04-21, Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 768).
- Sponsor: Mike Gabbard (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Subjects: Climate Change, Public Health Emergency, EEP
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (8 yes, 1 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Mike Gabbard (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Stanley Chang (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Karl Rhoads (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Herbert M. "Tim" Richards III (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-10 | House | The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes ... | pass | 4 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-17 | Senate | The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The... | pass | 4 | 1 |   |

## Actions (19)

- 2025-04-21: Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 768). (Senate)
- 2025-04-21: Resolution adopted in final form. (Senate)
- 2025-04-17: Re-referred to EEP, referral sheet 33 (House)
- 2025-04-17: Reconsideration of action taken on 04-11-25. (House)
- 2025-04-17: Adopted with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Pierick, Shimizu voting no (6) and Representative(s) Amato, Cochran, Garrett, Ichiyama, Perruso, Quinlan excused (6). (House)
- 2025-04-17: Transmitted to Senate. (House)
- 2025-04-11: Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2051), recommending referral to HLT. (House)
- 2025-04-11: Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on HLT with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Muraoka, Pierick, Shimizu voting no (4) and Representative(s) Cochran, Garcia, Matayoshi excused (3). (House)
- 2025-04-10: The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Perruso, Kahaloa, Kusch; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Quinlan. (House)
- 2025-04-07: Resolution scheduled to be heard by EEP on Thursday, 04-10-25 9:00AM in conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2025-04-04: Referred to EEP, HLT, referral sheet 28 (House)
- 2025-04-01: Report and Resolution Adopted. Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) San Buenaventura. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte). Transmitted to House. (Senate)
- 2025-04-01: Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 431). (House)
- 2025-03-31: Reported from AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1392) with recommendation of adoption. (Senate)
- 2025-03-31: One Day Notice 04-01-25. (Senate)
- 2025-03-17: The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in AEN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Richards, DeCoite, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 0 Excused: none. (Senate)
- 2025-03-14: The committee(s) on AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-17-25 1:01PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2025-03-11: Referred to AEN. (Senate)
- 2025-03-07: Offered. (Senate)

## Bill text

- Original: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR111_.HTM), [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR111_.pdf)

## Related bills

- SB 572: RELATING TO HOUSING. (signed)
- HB 431: RELATING TO HOUSING. (signed)
- HB 420: RELATING TO REMEDIES. (signed)
- SB 1296: RELATING TO DISASTER RECOVERY. (signed)
- HB 830: RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEWS. (signed)
- HB 1064: RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION. (signed)

## Sources
- [Original (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR111_.HTM)
- [Original (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR111_.pdf)

## Related
- [SB 572: RELATING TO HOUSING.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB572-2025)
- [HB 431: RELATING TO HOUSING.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB431-2025)
- [HB 420: RELATING TO REMEDIES.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB420-2025)
- [SB 1296: RELATING TO DISASTER RECOVERY.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB1296-2025)
- [HB 830: RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEWS.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB830-2025)
- [HB 1064: RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB1064-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SCR111-2025 (as of 2026-10-28).