Bill Commons

HI HB 616

died on adjournment

RELATING TO THE SAFETY OF EDUCATIONAL WORKERS.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did HI HB 616 pass?

No. HI HB 616 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-12-08): Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

What is HI HB 616 about?

Requires the Department of Education and public charter schools to take certain steps to report incidents of harassment and implement procedures for handling harassment of educational workers. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

Who sponsors HI HB 616?

WOODSON is the primary sponsor of HI HB 616.

Description

Requires the Department of Education and public charter schools to take certain steps to report incidents of harassment and implement procedures for handling harassment of educational workers. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

Introduced
2025-01-21
Latest action
2025-12-08 — Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • WOODSONprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-12-08

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

    carried-over

  2. 2025-02-14

    Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 738) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.

  3. 2025-02-14

    Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4).

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-02-11

    The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Hashem.

    committee-passage-favorable

  5. 2025-02-07

    Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 02-11-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  6. 2025-02-05

    Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 177) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

  7. 2025-02-05

    Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2).

    reading-2,referral-committee

  8. 2025-01-30

    The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, La Chica, Amato, Evslin, Garrett, Kila, Olds, Sayama, Muraoka, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kapela.

    committee-passage-favorable

  9. 2025-01-28

    Bill scheduled to be heard by EDN on Thursday, 01-30-25 2:00PM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  10. 2025-01-21

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

    introduction,reading-1

  11. 2025-01-21

    Referred to EDN, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 2

    referral-committee

  12. 2025-01-17

    Pending introduction.

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2025-01-30 · pass · 10-0

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Woodson: yes
    • La Chica: yes
    • Amato: yes
    • Evslin: yes
    • Garrett: yes
    • Kila: yes
    • Olds: yes
    • Sayama: yes
    • Muraoka: yes
    • Souza: yes
    • Kapela: not voting
  • The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2025-02-11 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Tarnas: yes
    • Poepoe: yes
    • Belatti: yes
    • Kahaloa: yes
    • Perruso: yes
    • Takayama: yes
    • Todd: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Shimizu: yes
    • Cochran: not voting
    • Hashem: not voting

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