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SR 138 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

REQUESTING THE STATE ARCHIVES TO EXPAND PUBLIC OUTREACH, SHARE HAWAII'S HISTORY THAT MAY PROVE RELEVANT TODAY, CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC DISCUSSION AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, AND EVALUATE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT ITS MISSION.

SR 138 is a Senate resolution requesting the State Archives to expand public outreach, share Hawaii's history with contemporary relevance, and create new opportunities for public discussion and civic engagement - including perspectives from women, immigrants, and Native Hawaiians. It also directs the Department of Accounting and General Services to study revenue generation options for a new Archives facility outlined in the State Archives Master Plan. The proposed facility would include expanded storage, research spaces, museum-grade display areas, digital classrooms, and a civics education center. This resolution does not create new laws but formally asks state agencies to advance planning for improved public access to historical resources.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 7, 2025 Last action Apr 3, 2025
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SR138 → SR138_SD1 · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill was reformatted from a traditional legislative document to a structured data format with metadata fields, while the substantive policy content remains largely the same with minor wording additions. The key substantive change is the addition of specific community perspectives (women, immigrants, and Native Hawaiians) to the State Archives' public outreach requirements.
Scope change
The bill's scope expanded to explicitly require the State Archives to provide perspectives on historical and modern issues through the lens of women, immigrants, and Native Hawaiians during public outreach activities.
SCOPE

Added requirement for State Archives to include perspectives from women, immigrants, and Native Hawaiians in public outreach and civic engagement activities

TECHNICAL

Converted document from traditional legislative text format to structured metadata format with fields for bill numbers, dates, and technical identifiers

Added metadata fields including document version numbers, timestamps, language settings, and report titles

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Actions timeline

Total actions
7
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Apr 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
Report and Resolution Adopted, as amended (SD 1).
upper
Apr 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from TCA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1612) with recommendation of adoption, as amended (SD 1).
upper
Mar 25, 2025
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in TCA were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Elefante, Kanuha, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Inouye.
upper
Mar 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on TCA has scheduled a public hearing on 03-25-25 3:20PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
upper
Mar 12, 2025
Committee
Referred to TCA.
upper
Mar 7, 2025
Introduced
Offered.
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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