# Hawaii SCR 51: REQUESTING THE OFFICE OF PLANNING AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO EVALUATE THE ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE PLACEMENT OF AN OFFICE OF RESILIENCE AND RECOVERY.

Hawaii SCR 51, REQUESTING THE OFFICE OF PLANNING AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO EVALUATE THE ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE PLACEMENT OF AN OFFICE OF RESILIENCE AND RECOVERY., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 1) Senate bill sponsored by Brandon J.C. Elefante (Democratic); status passed senate, last action 2025-04-14 (Reported from ECD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2079), recommending referral to FIN.) (as of 2026-10-28).

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## Facts
- Bill: Hawaii SCR 51
- State: Hawaii
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 1)
- Title: REQUESTING THE OFFICE OF PLANNING AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO EVALUATE THE ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE PLACEMENT OF AN OFFICE OF RESILIENCE AND RECOVERY.
- Status: passed senate
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-03-07
- Last action: 2025-04-14, Reported from ECD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2079), recommending referral to FIN.
- Sponsor: Brandon J.C. Elefante (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Working Group, Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, Office of Resilience and Recovery, ECD, FIN
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (10 yes, 0 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: Brandon J.C. Elefante (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-11 | House | The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes ... | pass | 5 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-21 | Senate | The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The... | pass | 5 | 0 |   |

## Actions (14)

- 2025-04-14: Reported from ECD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2079), recommending referral to FIN. (House)
- 2025-04-14: Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and none excused (0). (House)
- 2025-04-11: The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Ilagan, Hussey, Tam, Templo, Todd; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Holt, Matsumoto. (House)
- 2025-04-08: Resolution scheduled to be heard by ECD on Friday, 04-11-25 10:00AM in conference room 423 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2025-04-04: Referred to ECD, FIN, referral sheet 28 (House)
- 2025-04-01: Report and Resolution Adopted. Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Transmitted to House. (Senate)
- 2025-04-01: Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 424). (House)
- 2025-03-31: Reported from WTL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1377) with recommendation of adoption. (Senate)
- 2025-03-31: One Day Notice 04-01-25. (Senate)
- 2025-03-21: The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WTL were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Elefante, Chang, McKelvey, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. (Senate)
- 2025-03-17: The committee(s) on WTL deferred the measure until 03-21-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2025-03-13: The committee(s) on WTL has scheduled a public hearing on 03-17-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2025-03-11: Referred to WTL. (Senate)
- 2025-03-07: Offered. (Senate)

## Bill text

- Original: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR51_.HTM), [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR51_.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/SCR51_.HTM)
- [Original (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR51_.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-SCR51-2025 (as of 2026-10-28).