SCR 117 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

URGING THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO COLLABORATE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, AND THE COUNTY OF HAWAII TO CONDUCT AN INVENTORY OF BUS STOPS ON HAWAII ISLAND UTILIZED BY CHILDREN TO TRAVEL TO SCHOOL AND DEVELOP STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE SAFETY AT EACH LOCATION.

SCR 117 is a concurrent resolution urging the Hawaii Department of Education to collaborate with the Department of Transportation, Safe Routes to School Advisory Committee, and the County of Hawaii to conduct a safety inventory of school bus stops on Hawaii Island. It directs this collaboration to assess specific safety factors - including sidewalks, lighting, traffic patterns, and hazards - at stops used by students traveling to school, and to develop improvement strategies. The resolution requires a report with prioritized safety recommendations to be submitted to the Legislature by January 2026. This affects Hawaii Island students, particularly those in rural or underserved areas relying on school transportation.

Issues: ✓ Education ✓ Transportation

Sub-Topics: Pedestrian Safety Public Transit School Transportation

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Governor

Introduced Mar 7, 2025 Last action Apr 22, 2025

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What changed between versions

SCR117_HD1 → SCR117_SD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was converted from a House Bill (HD1) to a Senate Bill (SD1) format, with the primary substantive change being the shift in the lead agency responsible for conducting the bus stop safety inventory from the Safe Routes to School Advisory Committee to the Department of Education. This change alters which agency leads the collaborative effort with the Department of Transportation and County of Hawaii to assess and improve bus stop safety on Hawaii Island.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on improving bus stop safety for students traveling to school on Hawaii Island, but the lead agency for the inventory and recommendations shifted from the Advisory Committee to the Department of Education.

REQUIREMENT

The primary agency responsible for leading the bus stop safety inventory changed from the Safe Routes to School Advisory Committee to the Department of Education.

The bill title was updated to reflect the Department of Education as the lead agency rather than the Advisory Committee.

TECHNICAL

Internal metadata, line numbers, and formatting artifacts from the House Bill version were removed during conversion to Senate Bill format.

Senate Bill specific metadata and formatting elements were added to comply with Senate document standards.

Floor votes · House Apr 21, 2025

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.

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Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Apr 22, 2025

Amended

Senate disagrees with House amendments.

upper

Apr 22, 2025

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 792).

upper

Apr 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

Adopted with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, La Chica, Woodson excused (3).

lower

Apr 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2141), recommending adoption.

lower

Apr 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Grandinetti, Evslin, Miyake, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, La Chica, Muraoka.

lower

Apr 14, 2025

Committee

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on TRN as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

lower

Apr 14, 2025

Committee

Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2070) as amended in HD 1, recommending referral to TRN.

lower

Apr 10, 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, Kapela, Kila, Olds, Sayama, Muraoka; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Souza.

lower

Apr 4, 2025

Committee

Referred to EDN, TRN, referral sheet 28

lower

Apr 3, 2025

Introduced

Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 504) in amended form (SD 1).

lower

Apr 3, 2025

Upper · Passed

Report and Resolution Adopted, as amended (SD 1). Transmitted to House.

upper

Apr 2, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from TCA/EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1637) with recommendation of adoption, as amended (SD 1).

upper

Apr 1, 2025

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Apr 1, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDU were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kim, Hashimoto, Kanuha, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Kidani.

upper

Mar 28, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on TCA/EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 04-01-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 11, 2025

Committee

Referred to TCA/EDU.

upper

Mar 7, 2025

Introduced

Offered.