HB 640 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO CHILD WELFARE.

Summary

Requires the Office of the Ombudsman to publish an annual report on its website that identifies the number and nature of complaints that it receives regarding the Child Welfare Services Branch of the Department of Human Services. Requires the Child Welfare Services Branch to provide notification to certain parties that complaints can also be filed with the Office of the Ombudsman. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD3)

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Last action Mar 6, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB640_HD2 → HB640_HD3 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill text was reformatted from HD2 to HD3, changing the effective date from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 3000, and adding metadata headers and footers. The substantive policy content regarding ombudsman reporting requirements and complaint notification procedures remains unchanged.

Scope change

The bill's substantive scope and applicability remain unchanged; only the effective date was modified from 2025 to 3000.

TIMELINE

The effective date was changed from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 3000, which appears to be an error or placeholder.

TECHNICAL

Metadata headers, footers, and document control information were added to the HD3 version.

Original HD2 metadata headers and footers were removed.

Text formatting changed from spaced lines to continuous paragraphs with different character encoding.

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 6, 2025

Committee

Referred to GVO/HHS, WAM.

upper

Mar 6, 2025

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 263).

upper

Mar 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 3 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Feb 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 12 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Miyake, Templo, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Lee, M., Morikawa, Alcos, Ward.

lower

Feb 14, 2025

Committee

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4).

lower

Feb 14, 2025

Committee

Reported from HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 651) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 11, 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; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Feb 6, 2025

Committee

Reported from LMG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 199) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to HSH.

lower

Feb 5, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on LMG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Holt, Quinlan, Ichiyama, Morikawa, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to LMG, HSH, FIN, referral sheet 2

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

14 primary · 0 co-sponsors