HB 443 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO.

Summary

Appropriates funds for one retention coordinator position, one internship coordinator position, and student enrollment management initiatives at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Issues: ✓ Education

Sub-Topics: Higher Education

Bill status in committee 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

House Passage

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Last action Feb 10, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB443 → HB443_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was reformatted from a standard legislative text into a digital document template format, with all specific funding amounts removed and placeholders inserted. The effective date was changed from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 3000, which appears to be an error or placeholder. The substantive policy content regarding funding retention coordinators and internship positions at the University of Hawaii at Hilo remains conceptually the same but is now incomplete without the financial figures.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on the University of Hawaii at Hilo, but the funding amounts are now unspecified placeholders rather than concrete figures.

FISCAL

All specific dollar amounts for appropriations were removed and replaced with blank placeholders.

TIMELINE

The effective date was changed from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 3000, likely an error.

TECHNICAL

The document format changed from standard legislative text to a digital template structure with metadata headers.

Floor votes · House Feb 10, 2025

How they voted

46–1

Passed · 4 other

Total votes 51

Feb 10, 2025

D Democratic41

39 Yea 2

95% Yea

R Republican10

7 Yea 1 Nay 2

70% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Feb 10, 2025

Committee

Reported from HED (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 309) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 10, 2025

House · Passed

House Vote: pass (46-1-4)

house

Feb 5, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on HED recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Garrett, Amato, Evslin, Kapela, Kila, La Chica, Olds, Sayama, Woodson, Muraoka, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to HED, FIN, referral sheet 2

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

5 primary · 0 co-sponsors