SR 98 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO COLLABORATE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, 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.

Senate Resolution 98 urges Hawaii's Department of Education to collaborate with the Department of Transportation, Safe Routes to School Advisory Committee, and the County of Hawaii to assess safety at school bus stops on Hawaii Island. The resolution requests a detailed inventory focusing on specific infrastructure factors like sidewalks, lighting, traffic patterns, and hazards, to identify improvements needed for children traveling to school. It requires a report with prioritized safety recommendations to be submitted to the Legislature before the 2026 session. This non-binding resolution directly affects students relying on school transportation in Hawaii Island communities, particularly in rural or underserved areas.

Issues: ✓ Education ✓ Transportation

Sub-Topics: Pedestrian Safety Public Transit School Transportation School Safety

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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SR98 → SR98_SD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was reformatted from a raw document to a structured legislative template while adding the 'Safe Routes to School Advisory Committee' as a new collaborator alongside existing agencies. The substantive policy content remains largely unchanged, with the main addition being the inclusion of this advisory committee in both the collaboration requirements and the list of recipients for the final report.

Scope change

The bill's scope was slightly expanded by adding the Safe Routes to School Advisory Committee as a required collaborator and recipient of the final report, alongside the previously listed agencies.

REQUIREMENT

Added the Safe Routes to School Advisory Committee as a required collaborator for conducting the bus stop inventory and safety assessment.

Added the Chairperson of the Safe Routes to School Advisory Committee to the list of officials who must receive certified copies of the resolution.

TECHNICAL

Converted the document from a raw text format to a structured legislative template with metadata fields.

Removed internal document references and metadata that were not part of the original legislative text.

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

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Committee

Apr 3, 2025

Upper · Passed

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

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Apr 2, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from TCA/EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1638) with recommendation of adoption, as amended (SD 1).

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Mar 12, 2025

Committee

Referred to TCA/EDU.

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Mar 7, 2025

Introduced

Offered.

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6 primary · 2 co-sponsors