SR 75 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

REQUESTING THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS TO ESTABLISH AND PROVIDE LEGISLATIVE ENGAGEMENT FORUMS TO EDUCATE AND EMPOWER THE NATIVE HAWAIIAN COMMUNITY REGARDING THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS.

This Senate Resolution (SR 75) requests the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) to establish educational forums for the Native Hawaiian community about how the legislative process works. The forums would cover topics like drafting bills, submitting testimony, and attending committee hearings, using in-person workshops, virtual sessions, and community outreach. OHA must report annually to the Legislature on these forums' activities, participation, and effectiveness. The resolution does not create new law but asks OHA - a state agency focused on Native Hawaiian well-being - to enhance community engagement with the legislative system.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 7, 2025 Last action Apr 3, 2025

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SR75 → SR75_SD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was reformatted from a traditional legislative document to a digital template format, with minor substantive changes to the final resolution clause. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs is now explicitly requested to provide an annual report specifically concerning 'educational and communal engagement opportunities regarding legislative processes,' which narrows the scope of the required reporting compared to the original broader request for a summary of all activities.

Scope change

The reporting requirement was narrowed from a general summary of all activities to specifically focus on educational and communal engagement opportunities related to legislative processes.

REQUIREMENT

The final resolution clause was changed from requesting an annual report summarizing 'activities, participation, and impact' to requesting an annual report specifically concerning 'educational and communal engagement opportunities regarding legislative processes.'

TECHNICAL

Added digital metadata fields including timestamps, document IDs, and formatting codes that were not present in the original version.

Removed traditional page headers, footers, and document numbering that were present in the original version.

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

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Committee

Apr 3, 2025

Upper · Passed

Report and Resolution Adopted as amended (SD1). Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa).

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Apr 2, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from HWN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1564) with recommendation of adoption, as amended (SD 1).

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Apr 1, 2025

Upper · Passed

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

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Mar 28, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HWN has scheduled a public hearing on 04-01-25 1:10PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

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Mar 11, 2025

Committee

Referred to HWN.

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Mar 7, 2025

Introduced

Offered.

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2 primary · 0 co-sponsors