HB 842 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Summary

Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii at Manoa to establish additional permanent mental health practitioner positions within the Division of Student Success' Counseling and Student Development Center. 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 21, 2025 Last action Dec 8, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB842 → HB842_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill text was converted from a standard legislative format into a raw document metadata structure, stripping the original line numbers and section headers. The most critical substantive change is the effective date in Section 2, which was altered from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 3000, likely due to a data processing error. Additionally, specific funding details such as the exact dollar amount and the number of full-time equivalent positions were redacted with blank spaces in the new version.

Scope change

The bill's scope regarding the University of Hawaii remains the same, but the operational timeline is effectively nullified by the future date.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the Act was changed from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 3000, which would prevent the funding from taking effect for years.

TECHNICAL

The bill text was reformatted from a standard legislative layout to a raw document metadata structure, removing original line numbers and section headers.

FISCAL

Specific funding details, including the exact dollar appropriation amount and the number of full-time equivalent positions, were redacted with blank spaces.

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Committee

Feb 11, 2025

Committee

Reported from HED (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 406) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on HED recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Garrett, Amato, Kapela, Kila, La Chica, Olds, Sayama, Woodson, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Evslin, Muraoka.

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Committee

Referred to HED, FIN, referral sheet 3

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

5 primary · 0 co-sponsors