HB 1803 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO STUDENT HEAT EXPOSURE.

Summary

Requires the Board of Education to adopt a heat acclimatization and practice policy based on the Hawaii Athletic Trainers Association's Hawaii High School Athletic Association Heat Acclimatization and Practice Policy of 2017 for students in grades kindergarten to twelve in Department of Education schools and public charter schools statewide for certain physical activities. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Issues: ✓ Education

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Mar 2026

House Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 22, 2026 Last action Mar 10, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB1803 → HB1803_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to remove specific dollar amounts for funding, leaving the appropriation amounts blank for legislative approval. The effective date was drastically changed from July 1, 2026, to July 1, 3000, likely as a placeholder or error during the drafting process. Minor formatting and phrasing adjustments were made throughout the text to improve clarity.

FISCAL

Specific dollar amounts for appropriations in Sections 3, 4, 5, and 6 were deleted and replaced with blank spaces, removing the initial funding commitment.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the Act was changed from July 1, 2026, to July 1, 3000, which appears to be a placeholder or clerical error rather than an intentional policy change.

TECHNICAL

Minor text formatting and phrasing adjustments were made, such as capitalizing the title and refining sentence structure in the policy description.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 10, 2026

Committee

Referred to EDU, WAM.

upper

Mar 10, 2026

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 158).

upper

Mar 6, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Perruso, Sayama excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Mar 3, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

lower

Feb 19, 2026

Committee

Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 503-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 10, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, La Chica, Amato, Evslin, Garrett, Kapela, Kila, Olds, Muraoka, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Jan 26, 2026

Committee

Referred to EDN, FIN, referral sheet 1

lower

Jan 23, 2026

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 22, 2026

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

18 primary · 0 co-sponsors