HB 327 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO STATE CHILDCARE.

HB 327 allocates state funds to create a childcare facility for state employees and their families, managed by the Office of the Governor. The bill provides specific funding to establish this facility, which would directly support state workers needing childcare services. It is scheduled to take effect on July 1, 3000, as specified in the official abstract. The bill does not include additional provisions beyond funding and facility establishment.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 16, 2025 Last action Feb 11, 2025

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HB327 → HB327_HD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill text was reformatted from a clean legislative format into a document containing metadata and formatting artifacts from a Word document. The substantive policy content remains the same, though the effective date was changed to July 1, 3000 (likely an error) and the age eligibility for children was changed from 'two and below' to 'two and younger'.

Scope change

The scope of the bill remains unchanged; it still appropriates funds to the Office of the Governor for a state childcare facility for state employees and their children.

TIMELINE

The effective date was changed from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 3000, which is likely a clerical error.

ELIGIBILITY

The age eligibility for children was changed from 'two and below' to 'two and younger', which is semantically identical but uses different phrasing.

TECHNICAL

Metadata and formatting artifacts from a Word document were added, including file information, timestamps, and page numbers.

Original clean legislative formatting, including proper spacing and layout, was removed.

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Committee

Feb 11, 2025

Committee

Reported from HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 416) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 6, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Marten, Olds, Amato, Chun, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Takayama, Takenouchi, Alcos, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to HSH, FIN, referral sheet 1

lower

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 16, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

5 primary · 0 co-sponsors