SB 781 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY'S ‘OLELO HAWAI‘I INITIATIVES.

SB 781 allocates funding to support the Judiciary's Olelo Hawaii Initiatives, which focus on integrating Hawaiian language and cultural practices into court proceedings. The bill directly affects the state judiciary by providing resources for these language and cultural programs. It becomes effective on April 23, 2057, as specified in the bill's text. This is a funding measure, not a substantive policy change.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Last action Feb 13, 2025

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SB781 → SB781_SD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill was reformatted from a Senate bill (SB) to a Senate Draft (SD) version, with significant changes to the effective date and funding amount. The most substantive change is the effective date, which was moved from July 1, 2025 to April 23, 2057, likely a clerical error. The funding amount was also removed from the text, changing from $300,000 to a blank amount.

Scope change

The bill's substantive scope regarding judiciary language initiatives remains unchanged, but the effective date and funding provisions were modified.

TIMELINE

The effective date was changed from July 1, 2025 to April 23, 2057, which appears to be a clerical error as 2057 is over 30 years in the future.

FISCAL

The specific funding amount of $300,000 was removed and replaced with a blank amount, requiring further specification before the bill can be enacted.

TECHNICAL

The document was reformatted from a Senate bill format to a Senate Draft format, with metadata and header information updated.

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Committee

Feb 13, 2025

Committee

Reported from JDC/HWN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 435) 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 HWN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HWN were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Richards, San Buenaventura, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Ihara, Keohokalole.

upper

Feb 7, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Jan 31, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on JDC/HWN has scheduled a public hearing on 02-07-25 9:15AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 23, 2025

Committee

Referred to JDC/HWN, WAM.

upper

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Introduced.

upper

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor