HB 626 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

HB 626 appropriates funds to the Hawaii Department of Education for its Hoʻākea Program, which aims to support educational initiatives (though specific program details are not described in the context). The bill was recently recommended for passage by the Education Committee with 10 ayes and 1 excused vote, moving it toward potential enactment. It would become effective on July 1, 2030, after the current legislative process. This funding measure directly affects the Department of Education’s budget and program implementation. The bill does not specify additional affected groups or detailed policy changes beyond the financial allocation.

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 5, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB626 → HB626_HD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill text was reformatted from a standard legislative document into a Word document export format with metadata headers. The substantive content regarding the Ho'äkea program remains the same, but the effective date was changed from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 3000, which is likely an error. The funding amount was changed from $3,500,000 to a blank amount, and the text was converted from hyphenated line breaks to continuous paragraphs.

Scope change

No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; only formatting and metadata changes.

TIMELINE

The effective date was changed from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 3000, which appears to be a clerical error.

FISCAL

The specific appropriation amount was changed from $3,500,000 to a blank amount.

TECHNICAL

The document was reformatted from a standard legislative text format to a Word document export format with metadata headers.

Line breaks and paragraph formatting were changed from hyphenated line breaks to continuous paragraphs.

Floor votes · House Feb 5, 2025

How they voted

49–0

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 51

Feb 5, 2025

D Democratic41

41 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican10

8 Yea 2

80% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Feb 5, 2025

Committee

Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 180) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 5, 2025

House · Passed

House Vote: pass (49-0-2)

house

Jan 30, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, La Chica, Amato, Evslin, Garrett, Kila, Olds, Sayama, Muraoka, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kapela.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to EDN, FIN, referral sheet 2

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

20 primary · 0 co-sponsors