SCR 50 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

URGING THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF REGENTS TO ESTABLISH A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII MAUI COLLEGE.

SCR 50 is a concurrent resolution urging the University of Hawaii President and Board of Regents to establish a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program at the University of Hawaii Maui College. It directly affects Maui residents and nursing students who currently face barriers accessing BSN education locally, as most must travel to Oahu or enroll in out-of-state programs. The resolution cites Maui's growing healthcare needs and available clinical placements as key reasons to create a local pathway for advanced nursing education. It does not create new law but formally requests the university allocate resources for faculty, curriculum, and facilities to develop the program.

Issues: ✓ Education ✓ Healthcare

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 6, 2025 Last action Apr 14, 2025

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MINOR

The bill text was reformatted from a standard legislative document to a template-based version with metadata headers, but the substantive policy content remains unchanged. The resolution continues to urge the University of Hawaii to establish a Bachelor of Science in Nursing program at the Maui campus to address local healthcare workforce needs.

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Document structure changed from traditional legislative formatting to a template-based format with metadata headers including timestamps, file identifiers, and version numbers.

Page numbering and line numbering were removed and replaced with template metadata fields.

Some text formatting was altered, including capitalization changes in the resolution title and minor spacing adjustments in the WHEREAS clauses.

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

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Committee

Amendments

Apr 14, 2025

Amended

Senate disagrees with House amendments.

upper

Apr 14, 2025

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 711).

upper

Apr 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

Adopted as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Garcia, Matayoshi excused (3).

lower

Apr 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported from HED (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2058) as amended in HD 1, recommending adoption.

lower

Apr 9, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on HED recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Garrett, Kapela, Kila, La Chica, Olds, Sayama, Muraoka; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Amato, Evslin, Woodson, Souza.

lower

Apr 4, 2025

Committee

Referred to HED, referral sheet 28

lower

Apr 1, 2025

Introduced

Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 423).

lower

Apr 1, 2025

Upper · Passed

Report and Resolution Adopted. Transmitted to House.

upper

Mar 31, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from HRE (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1375) with recommendation of adoption.

upper

Mar 20, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HRE recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in HRE were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kim, Kidani, Hashimoto; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Fukunaga, Fevella.

upper

Mar 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HRE has scheduled a public hearing on 03-20-25 3:01PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 11, 2025

Committee

Referred to HRE.

upper

Mar 6, 2025

Introduced

Offered.