2025 Regular Session • Hawaii Legislature

HB902: Relating To Education.

Legislative Summary

Appropriates funds to the Department of Education to conduct a study on methods to support department schools that may be impacted by electric utilities' planned public safety power shutoff program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

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Bill History

1/21/2025

Pending introduction.

House of Representatives

1/23/2025

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

House of Representatives

1/23/2025

Referred to EDN, FIN, referral sheet 3

House of Representatives

2/3/2025

Bill scheduled to be heard by EDN on Thursday, 02-06-25 2:00PM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

House of Representatives

2/6/2025

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, Sayama, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Muraoka; and Excused: none.

House of Representatives

2/12/2025

Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 469) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

House of Representatives

2/12/2025

Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Matsumoto, Reyes Oda, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (3) and Representative(s) Cochran, Sayama, Ward excused (3).

House of Representatives