HB 757 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Summary

Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, requires the Department of Education to provide free breakfast and lunch to all students enrolled in department schools. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Issues: ✓ Education

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Last action Feb 13, 2025

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HB757 → HB757_HD1 · 5 edits

MODERATE

This bill establishes a universal free school breakfast and lunch program for all students in Hawaii's department schools, removing income-based eligibility requirements. The legislation appropriates state funds to cover meal costs and sets effective dates for implementation, with the effective date changed to July 1, 3000 in the HD1 version.

Scope change

The bill now explicitly applies to all students enrolled in department schools regardless of income eligibility, expanding the program from a means-tested approach to universal access.

TIMELINE

The effective date was changed from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 3000 in the HD1 version, likely indicating a placeholder or error requiring correction.

ELIGIBILITY

The bill now provides free meals to all students regardless of eligibility for federal programs, removing income thresholds that previously limited participation.

REQUIREMENT

New provisions require meal service within 21 days of application processing and within 7 days of account balance reaching zero or negative.

FISCAL

The appropriation language remains consistent but the effective date change affects when funds become available for expenditure.

MODIFIED

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Committee

Feb 13, 2025

Committee

Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 565) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, La Chica, Amato, Evslin, Garrett, Kapela, Kila, Olds, Sayama, Muraoka, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to EDN, FIN, referral sheet 2

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

13 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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In committee

Feb 13, 2025

Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Pierick voting no (2) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3).

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Passage Likelihood 34%

34% medium confidence

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