HI HB616 | 2025 | Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill 616

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 21 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-30 - 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, Kila, Olds, Sayama, Muraoka, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kapela.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

Requires the Department of Education and public charter schools to take certain steps to report incidents of harassment and implement procedures for handling harassment of educational workers.

Title

Relating To The Safety Of Educational Workers.

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-30	House	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, Kila, Olds, Sayama, Muraoka, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kapela.
2025-01-28	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by EDN on Thursday, 01-30-25 2:00PM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2025-01-21	House	Referred to EDN, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 2
2025-01-21	House	Introduced and Pass First Reading.
2025-01-17	House	Pending introduction.

Subjects

Department of Education
Educational Workers
Harassment
Protection and Workplace Safety
Public Charter Schools

Hawaii State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=616&year=2025
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB616_.HTM
Supplement	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/Testimony/HB616_TESTIMONY_EDN-HLT_01-30-25_.PDF