SCR 73 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

REQUESTING THE OFFICE OF WELLNESS AND RESILIENCE TO DEVELOP A REPORT TO ADDRESS THE DEVELOPMENTAL NEEDS OF CHILDREN BORN DURING THE CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 PANDEMIC.

SCR 73 is a Senate Concurrent Resolution requesting Hawaii's Office of Wellness and Resilience to develop a report on developmental needs of children born during the 2019-2025 COVID-19 pandemic. The report must analyze pandemic-related developmental delays (including communication, emotional regulation, and social skills) and compounded trauma from events like the 2023 Maui wildfires, particularly affecting children aged 0-5. It requires specific sections on trauma-informed care strategies, existing support services across state agencies, wildfire recovery efforts, and recommendations for educators facing secondary trauma. The Office must submit the report by December 2026.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Sub-Topics: Substance Abuse

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 14, 2025

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SCR73 → SCR73_SD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was converted from a formal legislative document into a structured data format with metadata fields, while the substantive text of the resolution was preserved but reformatted. The most significant policy change is the extension of the report submission deadline from December 31, 2025 to December 31, 2026, giving the Office of Wellness and Resilience an additional year to complete their analysis. The resolution continues to request a comprehensive report on developmental needs of children born during the COVID-19 pandemic, including trauma-informed care research and analysis of services for wildfire victims.

Scope change

The scope of the resolution remains focused on children born during the COVID-19 pandemic (2018-2025), but the timeline for completing the requested report was extended by one year.

TIMELINE

Extended the deadline for submitting the required report from December 31, 2025 to December 31, 2026

TECHNICAL

Converted document from traditional legislative formatting to structured data format with metadata fields including version numbers, timestamps, and language settings

Added metadata fields such as document identifiers, timestamps, language codes, and revision numbers

Removed traditional page headers, footers, and legislative numbering that were part of the original document format

Floor votes · House Apr 11, 2025

How they voted

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

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Apr 14, 2025

Upper · Passed

Resolution adopted in final form.

upper

Apr 14, 2025

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 707).

upper

Apr 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

Adopted with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Garcia, Matayoshi excused (3).

lower

Apr 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported from HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2059), recommending adoption.

lower

Apr 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Marten, Olds, Amato, Chun, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Takayama, Takenouchi; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Apr 4, 2025

Committee

Referred to HSH, referral sheet 28

lower

Apr 3, 2025

Introduced

Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 499) 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 HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1539) with recommendation of adoption, as amended (SD 1).

upper

Mar 24, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Aquino, Hashimoto, Keohokalole; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.

upper

Mar 19, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 03-24-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 11, 2025

Committee

Referred to HHS.

upper

Mar 7, 2025

Introduced

Offered.