STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1550
Honolulu, Hawaii
APR 0 2 2025
RE : S.R. No. 3 0
S.D. 1
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Thirty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2025
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs, to
which was referred S.R. No. 30 entitled:
"SENATE RESOLUTION URGING THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL TO
EXTEND THE TIMEFRAME BETWEEN MODEL CODE UPDATES AND ADOPTION
PROCESSES TUSTD TAKE A MORE BALANCED AND. DELIBERATIVE APPROACH
TO CODE REVISIONS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to urge the
International Code Council to extend the timeframe between model
code updates and adoption processes and take a more balanced and
deliberative approach to code revisions.
Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this
measure from one individual.
Your Committee received comments on this measure from the
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 1260
and International Code Council.
Your Committee finds that building codes are a critically
important aspect of public safety that should be formulated and
adopted on a timeline that serves the best interest of the State
and its people. Your Committee notes the concerns raised in the
testimony received at the public hearing held on this measure
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regarding the potential impact of altering the existing process
and timeline for building code adoption.
Your Committee notes that S.C.R. No. 24 (2025) is a
substantially similar measure that also addresses strategies for
adopting updated building codes. Your Committee concludes that
the language in S.C.R. No. 24 is preferable because it does not
request the International Code Council to extend the timeframe
between model code updates and adoption processes.
Accordingly, your Committee has amended this measure by
deleting its contents and inserting the contents of S.C.R. No. 24,
a substantially similar measure, which:
(1) Requests the Office of the Governor, State Building Code
Council, building departments of each county, mayors of
each county, and chairs of the Senate and House of
Representatives standing committees on housing to
develop a comprehensive strategy for adopting updated
building codes; and
(2) Requests that the comprehensive strategy be formulated
through stakeholder engagement and addresses the
feasibility of compliance with updated codes.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs that is attached
to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose
of S.R. No. 30, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in
the form attached hereto as S.R. No. 30, S.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on
behalf of the members of the
Committee on Public Safety and
Military Affairs,
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 The Senate
Thirty-Third Legislature
State of Hawai‘i
Record of Votes
Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs
PSM
Bill / Resolution No.:* Committee Referral: Date:
3'
PSM
__ The Committee is reconsidering its previous decision on this measure.
If so, then the previous decision was to:___________________________________
The Recommendation is:
__ Pass, unamended Pass, vi/ith amendments __ Hold __ Recommit
2312 2311 2310 2313
Members Aye X- Aye (WR) Nay Excused
ELEFANTE, Brandon J.C. (C)
WAKAI. Glenn (VC)
FUKUNAGA, Carol
RHOADS. Karl
DECORTE. Samantha
TOTAL
Recommendation: /
vT Adopted __ Not Adopted /
Chair’s or Designee’s SignaturexT,^^^'—
Distribution: Original V J/ Pink Goldenrod
File with Committee ReporS—^ClerklZOffice Drafting Agency Committee File Copy
*Only one meagre per Record of Votes
Revised: 12/09/24