SR 215 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES, AND THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION TO PROVIDE UNIVERSAL CHANGING ACCOMMODATIONS IN ALL STATE FACILITIES, STATE PARKS, AND CITY AND COUNTY PARKS.

This Senate Resolution (SR 215) requests three Hawaii agencies - the Department of Accounting and General Services, Department of Land and Natural Resources, and Honolulu Parks Department - to install universal changing accommodations in all state facilities, state parks, and city parks. It specifically requires at least one universal changing station in women’s/men’s restrooms and in family/gender-neutral restrooms at each location. The resolution aims to provide safe, private, and dignified changing spaces for people with disabilities, caregivers, and families during public activities. (Note: This is a request, not a law requiring immediate action.)

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Mar 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 7, 2025 Last action Mar 31, 2025

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What changed between versions

SR215 → SR215_SD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill text was reformatted from a traditional legislative document structure to a modern digital template format. No substantive policy changes were made to the resolution's content, which remains a request for state and city agencies to install universal changing accommodations in public facilities and parks.

Scope change

No change to the bill's scope or applicability; the substantive request for universal changing accommodations remains identical.

TECHNICAL

The document structure was converted from a traditional Senate Resolution format to a digital template format with metadata headers, removing page numbers and document references while preserving all legislative text.

The WHEREAS clauses were reformatted with standardized spacing and line breaks, though the substantive language remained unchanged.

The BE IT RESOLVED clauses were reformatted with consistent spacing and line breaks, though the substantive language remained unchanged.

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

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Committee

Mar 31, 2025

Senate · Passed

Report and Resolution Adopted, as amended (SD1).

Mar 28, 2025

Senate · Referred to committee

Waived referral to WAM.

Mar 24, 2025

Senate · Referred to committee

Report adopted, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.

Mar 24, 2025

Senate · Referred to committee

Reported from GVO (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1357), as amended (SD 1), with recommendation of referral to WAM.

Mar 20, 2025

Senate · Reported by committee

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

Mar 20, 2025

Senate · Reported by committee

The committee(s) on GVO has scheduled a public hearing on 03-20-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

Mar 19, 2025

Senate · Reported by committee

The committee(s) on GVO deleted the measure from the public hearing scheduled on 03-25-25 3:00PM; CR 225 & Videoconference.

Mar 19, 2025

Senate · Reported by committee

The committee(s) on GVO added the measure to the public hearing scheduled on 03-25-25 3:00PM; CR 225 & Videoconference.

Mar 12, 2025

Senate · Referred to committee

Referred to GVO, WAM.

Mar 7, 2025

Senate · Introduced

Offered.

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors