HI SB 527
passed one chamberRELATING TO EDUCATION.
Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · upper
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
- Status date
- —
- 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
2025-12-08
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
carried-over
2025-02-11
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
passage,reading-2,referral-committee
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.
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.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-01-31
The committee(s) on EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 02-03-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
2025-01-21
Referred to EDU, WAM.
referral-committee
2025-01-17
Passed First Reading.
reading-1
2025-01-17
Introduced.
introduction
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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
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