---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY."
description: "Requires the State to consider hurricane resistant criteria when designing and constructing new public schools for the capability of providing shelter refuge. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2018 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 2858"
citation: "Hawaii SB 2858 (2018 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Safety", "Public Improvements", "State Building Design and Construction", "New Public Schools", "Disaster Preparedness", "Hurricane", "Standards"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BAKER", "ESPERO", "NISHIHARA", "Wakai"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 46
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-24"
last_action: "2018-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/208a0c3f-1fee-491e-be3e-f5d008cdbdc4"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2858&year=2018"
source_hash: "5370ce53ecdbb6c5fa025d4d2e0f52a3f2b4a38228afbb9a4c86537b25d3f7d1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-hi"]
---

# Hawaii SB 2858 (2018 Regular Session) — RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

Requires the State to consider hurricane resistant criteria when designing and constructing new public schools for the capability of providing shelter refuge. (CD1)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **SB2858** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/SB2858_.HTM)
2. **SB2858_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/SB2858_CD1_.HTM)
3. **SB2858_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/SB2858_HD1_.HTM)
4. **SB2858_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/SB2858_SD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **3–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **13–1** (pass) · lower
- The committees on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- BAKER — primary (person)
- ESPERO — primary (person)
- NISHIHARA — primary (person)
- Wakai — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-24** Introduced. `introduction`
- **2018-01-24** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** Referred to PSM, WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-26** The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 01-30-18 1:15PM in conference room 229.
- **2018-01-30** The committee(s) on PSM deferred the measure until 02-06-18 1:15PM in conference room 229.
- **2018-02-06** The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in PSM were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Nishihara, Wakai, Baker, Ihara, L. Thielen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-09** Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2168) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
- **2018-02-09** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
- **2018-02-16** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-23-18 10:00AM in conference room 211.
- **2018-02-23** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 9 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, English, Galuteria, Harimoto, Inouye, Kidani, Riviere, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) K. Kahele, Shimabukuro. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-02** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2714) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
- **2018-03-02** 48 Hrs. Notice 03-06-18.
- **2018-03-06** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 339) in amended form (SD 2). `introduction`
- **2018-03-08** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-03-08** Referred to PBS, FIN, referral sheet 36 `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-13** Bill scheduled to be heard by PBS on Thursday, 03-15-18 10:30AM in House conference room 312.
- **2018-03-15** The committees on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Gates, Creagan, Say, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) DeCoite, Ing. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** Reported from PBS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1255-18) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2018-03-21** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ing, C. Lee, McKelvey, Souki, Todd, Ward excused (6). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-24** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 03-28-18 3:00PM in House conference room 308.
- **2018-03-28** The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Cachola, DeCoite, Fukumoto, Gates, Keohokalole, Lowen, Nakamura, Yamashita, Ward; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Holt, Todd; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Kobayashi; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Tupola. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-06** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1912-18), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2018-04-06** Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Har, Tupola voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Kobayashi, Nakamura voting no (2) and Representative(s) Holt excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2018-04-10** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 531). `introduction`
- **2018-04-10** Senate disagrees with House amendments.
- **2018-04-10** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 778).
- **2018-04-16** House Conferees Appointed: Takayama, Gates Co-Chairs; Yamashita, Thielen.
- **2018-04-16** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 610).
- **2018-04-18** Senate Conferees Appointed: Nishihara Chair; Shimabukuro Co-Chair; L. Thielen.
- **2018-04-18** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 794).
- **2018-04-23** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-25-18 10:00AM in conference room 016.
- **2018-04-25** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-18 10:00AM in conference room 016.
- **2018-04-26** The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Nishihara, Shimabukuro, L. Thielen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-26** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Gates, Yamashita; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Thielen.
- **2018-04-27** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 93-18).
- **2018-04-27** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-18.
- **2018-04-27** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 93-18) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2018-04-27** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 05-01-18.
- **2018-05-01** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
- **2018-05-01** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
- **2018-05-01** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 849).
- **2018-05-03** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 705).
- **2018-05-03** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-05** Act 084, on 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1185). `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-05** Act 084, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1185). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/208a0c3f-1fee-491e-be3e-f5d008cdbdc4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).