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Conference panel approves HB1296 CD1 adding transparency requirements to major disaster fund reporting
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Summary
The conference recommended passage of House Bill 1296 CD1 to add transparency to the Major Disaster Fund by requiring reports from the governor and the administrator identified in the draft; the committee recorded an accompanying conference footer and voted to pass the measure.
The Joint House and Senate Conference recommended passage of House Bill 1296, House Draft 1, Senate Draft 1 (CD1), which the committee said would add transparency to the Major Disaster Fund by requiring reporting from the governor and the agency administrator.
"We have a CD1 that we circulated ... on the major disaster fund. And what this does is it adds transparency, for the major disaster fund, with the reporting to come from the governor and the administrator of High Eman," a House chair said on the record, reading the draft summary and the conference footer.
The committee read the footer as 2025-3418, House Bill 1296 CD1 (HMSO proposed). Members then proceeded to a recorded recommendation vote. On the house side, the recorded "aye" votes included the member taking the roll call and Co-Chair Lamasau; Representative Iwo Motu was excused. On the senate side, senators recorded ayes (the record includes Senator Alfante, Senator Hashimoto, Senator Wakai and Senator Descartes as voting in favor). After the roll call the chairs announced "We have a bill."
The committee did not provide additional details about the specific content of the reporting requirements or appropriation language on the record beyond the circulated CD1 footer. The conference indicated follow-up steps within the standard conference process.
