HCR 107 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

REQUESTING THE HAWAII STATE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO DEVELOP MEASURES TO STRENGTHEN PROTECTIONS UNDER TITLE IX.

HCR 107 is a concurrent resolution requesting Hawaii’s State Commission on the Status of Women to form a working group focused on strengthening state-level protections under federal Title IX education anti-discrimination law. The working group would include state officials (Attorney General, Superintendent of Education, UH President) and community advocates, tasked with developing recommendations to address gaps in current Title IX compliance within Hawaii schools and universities. It specifically cites underreporting of sex-based discrimination and harassment incidents in state education systems as a key concern. The group must submit its findings and potential legislative proposals to the Legislature by late 2025, with no immediate legal effect.

Issues: ✓ Education

Bill status in committee 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 7, 2025 Last action Mar 27, 2025

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HCR107 → HCR107_HD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was reformatted from a plain text version to a structured document template with metadata fields, while the substantive policy content remained largely the same. The most significant substantive change is the addition of two new working group members: a representative from the Hawaii State LGBTQ+ Commission and a student representative, both to be invited by the chairperson. This expands the working group's composition to include more diverse perspectives on gender issues and student experiences.

Scope change

The scope of the working group was expanded to include additional members representing LGBTQ+ interests and student voices, broadening the range of perspectives considered in developing Title IX protection measures.

REQUIREMENT

Added a representative from the Hawaii State LGBTQ+ Commission to the working group membership list

Added a student representative to the working group membership list

TECHNICAL

Converted document from plain text format to structured template with metadata fields including author information, timestamps, and document identifiers

Changed document layout from traditional legislative format to modern template structure with header information and metadata sections

Floor votes · House Mar 27, 2025

How they voted

43–4

Passed · 4 other

Total votes 51

Mar 27, 2025

D Democratic41

38 Yea 3

92% Yea

R Republican10

5 Yea 4 Nay 1

50% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

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Committee

Mar 27, 2025

Committee

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 1 with Representative(s) Matsumoto, Reyes Oda, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (4) and Representative(s) Hashem, Hussey, Templo, Ward excused (4).

lower

Mar 27, 2025

Committee

Reported from HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1628) as amended in HD 1, recommending referral to FIN.

lower

Mar 27, 2025

House · Passed

House Vote: pass (43-4-4)

house

Mar 20, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Marten, Olds, Amato, Chun, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Takayama; Ayes with reservations: none; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Takenouchi.

lower

Mar 14, 2025

Committee

Referred to HSH, FIN, referral sheet 22

lower

Mar 7, 2025

Introduced

Offered

lower

7 primary · 0 co-sponsors