HR 103 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

REQUESTING THE HAWAII STATE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO DEVELOP MEASURES TO STRENGTHEN PROTECTIONS UNDER TITLE IX.

This House Resolution (HR 103) requests Hawaii's State Commission on the Status of Women to form a working group focused on strengthening state-level protections under Title IX. Title IX is the federal law that prohibits sex discrimination in education programs receiving federal funds. The working group - comprising the Attorney General, education officials, university leaders, and advocacy representatives - will develop recommendations to address gaps in current protections, particularly regarding unreported sex-based discrimination and harassment in Hawaii schools. The group must submit its report to the Legislature by January 2026, with no new laws enacted by this resolution itself.

Issues: ✓ Education

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Mar 7, 2025 Last action Mar 27, 2025

Maddy AI version diff · 1 comparison

What changed between versions

HR103 → HR103_HD1 · 6 edits

MODERATE

The bill was reformatted from a plain text legislative document to a structured metadata file with embedded text content. The substantive policy content remains largely the same, requesting the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women to convene a working group on Title IX protections. However, the composition of the working group was expanded from 9 members to 11 members by adding a representative from the Hawaii State LGBTQ+ Commission and a student representative, while removing the requirement for a House and Senate member appointment.

Scope change

The scope of the working group was expanded to include additional stakeholder perspectives by adding LGBTQ+ Commission and student representatives, broadening the diversity of voices in the Title IX review process.

REQUIREMENT

Added a representative from the Hawaii State LGBTQ+ Commission to the working group membership

Added a student representative to the working group membership

Removed the requirement for a House of Representatives member to be appointed to the working group

Removed the requirement for a Senate member to be appointed to the working group

TECHNICAL

Changed document format from plain text legislative bill to structured metadata file format

Added metadata fields including bill number, dates, and document identifiers

Floor votes

How they voted

No floor votes recorded yet.

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 27, 2025

Committee

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 1 with Representative(s) Matsumoto, Reyes Oda, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (4) and Representative(s) Hashem, Hussey, Templo, Ward excused (4).

lower

Mar 27, 2025

Committee

Reported from HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1627) as amended in HD 1, recommending referral to FIN.

lower

Mar 20, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Marten, Olds, Amato, Chun, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Takayama; Ayes with reservations: none; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Takenouchi.

lower

Mar 14, 2025

Committee

Referred to HSH, FIN, referral sheet 22

lower

Mar 7, 2025

Introduced

Offered

lower

7 primary · 0 co-sponsors