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HI SB 497

died on adjournment

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

Beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, requires the Department of Education to require the teaching of financial literacy to be included in the existing personal transition plan requirement for each student.

Introduced
2025-01-17
Status date
Latest action
2025-12-08 — Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • RICHARDSprimary
  • CHANGprimary
  • DECORTEprimary
  • ELEFANTEprimary
  • HASHIMOTOprimary
  • KANUHAprimary
  • KIMprimary
  • San Buenaventuracosponsor

Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2025-12-08

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

    carried-over

  2. 2025-01-21

    Referred to EDU, WAM.

    referral-committee

  3. 2025-01-17

    Passed First Reading.

    reading-1

  4. 2025-01-17

    Introduced.

    introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

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Attribution

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