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HI SB 497

died on adjournment

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did HI SB 497 pass?

No. HI SB 497 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 SB 497 about?

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.

Who sponsors HI SB 497?

RICHARDS, CHANG, DECORTE and 4 others are the primary sponsors of HI SB 497, joined by 1 cosponsor.

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

Sponsors

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

Committees

Not provided by source.

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

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=497&year=2026

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:20:09.051962Z

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