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HI SB 527

died on adjournment

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did HI SB 527 pass?

No. HI SB 527 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 527 about?

Appropriates funds for the establishment of five full-time equivalent (5.0 FTE) positions within the Civil Rights Compliance Branch of the Department of Education. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

Who sponsors HI SB 527?

KIDANI, CHANG, DECOITE and 4 others are the primary sponsors of HI SB 527, joined by 5 cosponsors.

Description

Appropriates funds for the establishment of five full-time equivalent (5.0 FTE) positions within the Civil Rights Compliance Branch of the Department of Education. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

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

  • KIDANIprimary
  • CHANGprimary
  • DECOITEprimary
  • FEVELLAprimary
  • FUKUNAGAprimary
  • HASHIMOTOprimary
  • RHOADSprimary
  • Gabbardcosponsor
  • Kanuhacosponsor
  • Moriwakicosponsor
  • Richardscosponsor
  • San Buenaventuracosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-12-08

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

    carried-over

  2. 2025-02-11

    Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.

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  3. 2025-02-11

    Reported from EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 219) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

  4. 2025-02-03

    The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDU were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kidani, Kim, Hashimoto, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) DeCorte; and 0 Excused: none.

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  5. 2025-01-31

    The committee(s) on EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 02-03-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  6. 2025-01-21

    Referred to EDU, WAM.

    referral-committee

  7. 2025-01-17

    Passed First Reading.

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  8. 2025-01-17

    Introduced.

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2025-02-03 · pass · 4-1

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Kidani: yes
    • Kim: yes
    • Hashimoto: yes
    • Kanuha: yes
    • DeCorte: no

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=527&year=2026

Attribution

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

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