HB 627 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO SCHOOL SAFETY.

HB 627 allocates funds to the Department of Education to hire staff focused on implementing and maintaining school safety measures. It directly affects public schools and students by providing resources for safety personnel, though the specific roles aren't detailed in the abstract. The bill's key mechanism is funding these positions, with an effective date listed as July 1, 3000 (likely a typo for 2030). The bill passed committee with amendments on February 4, 2025, but remains pending final approval.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House Passage

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Last action Mar 4, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB627 → HB627_HD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was reformatted from a House of Representatives version to a House Committee version, with significant changes to the appropriation amount and effective date. The specific dollar amount of $15,800,000 was removed from the funding section, and the effective date was changed from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 3000, likely as a placeholder during committee review. The FTE requirements for the two new positions were also modified to remove the specific 1.0 FTE designation.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on school safety positions, but the funding mechanism was altered by removing the specific appropriation amount, and the timeline was extended significantly.

FISCAL

The specific appropriation amount of $15,800,000 was removed from Section 2, leaving the funding amount blank for committee consideration.

TIMELINE

The effective date was changed from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 3000, indicating this is a placeholder date during the legislative process.

REQUIREMENT

The specific full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) designation for both the targeted violence prevention manager and fire safety manager positions was removed from the requirements.

TECHNICAL

Metadata and formatting information from a document management system (dates, page numbers, file names) was added to the document.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 4, 2025

Committee

Referred to EDU, WAM.

upper

Feb 28, 2025

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 27).

upper

Feb 27, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Iwamoto voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Feb 20, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Alcos, Ward.

lower

Feb 11, 2025

Committee

Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 342) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

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

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

23 primary · 0 co-sponsors