HB 629 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO THERAPY SERVICES.

Summary

Expands the scopes of practice for occupational therapists, physical therapists, and speech pathologists employed by or contracted with the Department of Education to diagnose students with a medical condition in an educational setting and treat the students. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Issues: ✓ Education ✓ Healthcare

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Last action Dec 8, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB629 → HB629_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to include a House Draft 1 (HD1) version with updated metadata, including new version numbers and dates. The substantive policy content remains largely unchanged, though minor formatting adjustments were made to the title and summary sections. A significant change was the addition of an effective date of July 1, 3000, in Section 6, which appears to be a placeholder or error rather than a functional policy update.

Scope change

No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; the changes are primarily administrative and include a placeholder effective date.

TIMELINE

Section 6 was modified to include an effective date of July 1, 3000, which is likely a placeholder or error given the current year is 2025.

TECHNICAL

Metadata fields were updated to reflect the House Draft 1 version, including new version numbers and timestamps.

Minor formatting adjustments were made to the title and summary sections, such as capitalization and line breaks.

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Key actions

Committee

Feb 11, 2025

Committee

Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 343) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.

lower

Feb 4, 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, CPC, referral sheet 2

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

19 primary · 0 co-sponsors