SB 530 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO BRAILLE LITERACY.

Summary

Establishes Braille literacy as a policy of the State. Requires literacy assessments for eligible low vision and blind students to include Braille instruction and the use of Braille. Authorizes the Department of Education to adopt administrative rules. Establishes the Braille Literacy Resource Center. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Last action Feb 12, 2025

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SB530 → SB530_SD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill text was reformatted from a multi-page document with page headers and footers into a clean, single-column format. The substantive legislative content, including the bill's purpose, definitions, requirements for Braille services, establishment of a Braille literacy resource center, and funding provisions, remains unchanged. The only substantive change is the addition of a metadata header at the top indicating this is Senate Bill 530, Session 1 (SB530_SD1), with document tracking information.

TECHNICAL

Removed page headers, footers, and document metadata (e.g., 'Page 2', 'SMA.docx') that were interspersed throughout the original text, resulting in a cleaner, continuous bill text.

Added a metadata header at the top of the document containing bill identification (SB530_SD1), author information (Ainoa Naniole), timestamps, and document versioning details.

Replaced the original multi-page layout with a single-column, continuous text format for improved readability and document processing.

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Committee

Feb 12, 2025

Committee

Reported from EDU/HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 340) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Feb 7, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Hashimoto, Keohokalole; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Aquino, Fevella.

upper

Feb 7, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDU were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kidani, Kim, Hashimoto, Kanuha, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Feb 4, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EDU/HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 02-07-25 3:05PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to EDU/HHS, WAM.

upper

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Introduced.

upper

7 primary · 1 co-sponsor