SB 2754 Hawaii Senate · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO CIVIC EDUCATION.

Summary

Establishes a Civic Education Grant Program to provide support to public middle and intermediate schools in providing civic education to students through department approved programming. Establishes a Civic Education Trust Fund. Requires reports to the Legislature. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Feb 2026

Senate Passage

Feb 2026

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 23, 2026 Last action Feb 18, 2026

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SB2754 → SB2754_SD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill updates SB 2754 to reflect its status as a Senate Draft (SD1), shifting administrative oversight from the 'office of curriculum and instructional support services' to the 'office of curriculum and instructional design.' It clarifies that grant programs must be integrated into existing social studies curricula and extends the bill's effective date from July 1, 2026, to July 1, 2050.

Scope change

The bill's scope was narrowed by requiring civic education programming to be integrated within existing social studies curricula rather than standing alone.

FISCAL

Administrative authority for the Civic Education Grant Program and Trust Fund was transferred from the 'office of curriculum and instructional support services' to the 'office of curriculum and instructional design'.

REQUIREMENT

Added a requirement that civic education programming provided through grants must be integrated within existing social studies curricula.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the Act was changed from July 1, 2026, to July 1, 2050.

TECHNICAL

Minor formatting adjustments were made to the legislative findings and section headers to match Senate Draft standards.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Feb 18, 2026

Upper · Passed

Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.

upper

Feb 18, 2026

Committee

Reported from EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2330) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Feb 11, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDU were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kim, Kidani, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Fukunaga, Hashimoto.

upper

Feb 6, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 02-11-26 1:30PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 30, 2026

Committee

Referred to EDU, WAM.

upper

Jan 23, 2026

Introduced

Introduced.

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors