HB 2454 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL.

Summary

Requires the Department of Transportation to administer the Safe Routes to School Program. Amends the purposes for which funds of the Safe Routes to School Special Fund may be used for. Establishes deadlines for when funds from Safe Routes to School Special Fund that are allocated to the counties should be obligated or expended by. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

Issues: ✓ Education ✓ Transportation

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Mar 2026

House Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 27, 2026 Last action Mar 12, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB2454_HD1 → HB2454_HD2 · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to change the effective date of the legislation from immediate approval to July 1, 3000, and updated the internal metadata regarding the bill version and associated dates. These changes primarily affect the timeline for when the Safe Routes to School Special Fund provisions become active.

Scope change

The scope of applicability remains focused on the Safe Routes to School Special Fund, but the timing of its implementation is significantly delayed.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the Act was changed from 'upon approval' to 'July 1, 3000', delaying the implementation of fund usage deadlines.

TECHNICAL

Internal bill metadata, including the bill designation (H.D. 1 to H.D. 2) and associated tracking dates, were updated to reflect the second hearing or revision.

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 12, 2026

Committee

Referred to TRS, WAM.

upper

Mar 12, 2026

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 424).

upper

Mar 10, 2026

Lower · Passed

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

lower

Mar 3, 2026

Lower · Passed

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

lower

Feb 19, 2026

Committee

Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 504-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 12, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, La Chica, Amato, Evslin, Kapela, Kila, Olds, Muraoka, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Garrett.

lower

Feb 2, 2026

Committee

Referred to EDN, FIN, referral sheet 6

lower

Jan 28, 2026

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 27, 2026

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

19 primary · 0 co-sponsors