HB 1234 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO WATER SAFETY.

Summary

Requires, and appropriates funds for, the Department of Education to establish a standards-based Water Safety Education Pilot Program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House Passage

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 22, 2025 Last action Mar 4, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB1234 → HB1234_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill text was reformatted from a standard legislative document to a Word document metadata format, with minor substantive changes to Section 4's effective date (July 1, 2025 to July 1, 3000) and Section 1's text (removing 'children aged one to fifteen' and adding 'the cause of death for individuals under the age of twenty-five'). These changes appear to be technical formatting and a likely clerical error in the effective date rather than intentional policy modifications.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the Act was changed from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 3000, which appears to be a clerical error rather than an intentional policy change.

REQUIREMENT

Section 1 was modified to remove the specific age range 'one to fifteen' and add 'the cause of death for individuals under the age of twenty-five', creating a slightly broader but less precise description of affected populations.

TECHNICAL

The document was reformatted from a standard legislative bill format to a Word document metadata format, including the addition of file metadata and removal of page headers/footers.

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 4, 2025

Committee

Referred to EDU, WAM.

upper

Feb 28, 2025

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 72).

upper

Feb 27, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Feb 20, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Alcos, Ward.

lower

Feb 14, 2025

Committee

Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 757) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 13, 2025

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

lower

Jan 27, 2025

Committee

Referred to EDN, FIN, referral sheet 4

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 22, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

16 primary · 1 co-sponsor