SB 608 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO VETERANS RIGHTS AND BENEFITS.

SB 608 regulates individuals or organizations providing advice or assistance to veterans seeking benefits. It directly affects veterans navigating benefit applications and the advisors they consult with. The bill establishes rules for these advisors, requiring them to meet specific standards to ensure accurate guidance. The measure is scheduled to take effect on July 1, 2077, after passing committee review with amendments.

Issues: ✓ Veterans

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Last action Feb 7, 2025

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SB608 → SB608_SD1 · 5 edits

MODERATE

This bill was reformatted from a Senate bill (SB 608) to a Senate Draft 1 version (SB 608_SD1) with significant text reorganization and minor content additions. The core legislative text regarding veterans benefits regulation remains substantially similar, though some formatting artifacts and metadata were introduced in the new version.

Scope change

The bill's substantive scope and applicability remain unchanged; the revision primarily involves document formatting and metadata additions rather than policy modifications.

TECHNICAL

Document header changed from 'S.B. NO. 60S' to 'SB608 SD1' with added metadata fields including author information and timestamps

Inserted metadata lines containing author names (Jasmine Pontillas Dav, Bill SD, Ainoa Naniole) and various numeric identifiers

Reorganized text layout and line breaks throughout the document, particularly in the preamble and section headers

Added explanatory text to the summary description section indicating the July 1, 2077 effective date and '(SD1)' designation

TIMELINE

Modified effective date in Section 9 from 'upon approval' to 'July 1, 2077' (likely a placeholder or error)

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Committee

Feb 7, 2025

Committee

Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 83) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN/JDC.

upper

Jan 29, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in PSM were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Elefante, Wakai, Fukunaga, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) DeCorte; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Jan 24, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 01-29-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 23, 2025

Committee

Referred to PSM, CPN/JDC.

upper

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Introduced.

upper

4 primary · 3 co-sponsors