HB 622 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

HB 622 changes the reporting schedule for the Department of Education. It specifically moves the due date for the department's annual computer science legislative report from June 30 to October 31.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

Signed into Law

May 2025

Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Signed May 19, 2025

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MINOR

This bill changes the deadline for the Department of Education to submit its annual computer science report from June 30 to October 31. The change allows the department to include data from the fourth academic quarter, providing a more complete picture of computer science education across the state. The bill also clarifies that the new deadline applies to future reporting cycles starting October 31, 2025.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on the Department of Education's reporting requirements, but the timing of when reports must be submitted has been extended to allow for more comprehensive data collection.

TIMELINE

Changed the report submission deadline from June 30 to October 31 to allow inclusion of fourth quarter academic data

Updated the effective date from July 1, 3000 to upon approval of the bill

REQUIREMENT

Modified the statutory language to specify October 31 as the recurring deadline instead of June 30

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Apr 25, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Lamosao excused (2).

lower

Apr 25, 2025

Introduced

House agrees to Senate amendment(s).

lower

Apr 23, 2025

Introduced

The House Conference Managers recommend to agree to the Senate Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, La Chica, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

lower

Apr 22, 2025

Lower · Passed

Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-23-25 1:30PM in conference room 229.

lower

Apr 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Tuesday, 04-22-25 3:00PM in conference room 229.

lower

Apr 4, 2025

Amended

House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

lower

Apr 3, 2025

Introduced

Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 547) in amended form (SD 1).

lower

Apr 3, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

upper

Mar 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDU were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kidani, Kim, Hashimoto, Kanuha, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Mar 7, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 03-10-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 4, 2025

Committee

Referred to EDU.

upper

Feb 28, 2025

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 25).

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 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 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to EDN, referral sheet 2

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

11 primary · 0 co-sponsors