SR 132 Hawaii Senate · 2026 Regular Session

URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA TO ADOPT ENERGY SAVINGS PERFORMANCE CONTRACTING AS A PRIMARY STRATEGY TO ADDRESS DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AND INFRASTRUCTURE MODERNIZATION AND IMPROVE ENERGY EFFICIENCY STATEWIDE.

This Senate Resolution asks Hawaii's Department of Education to study how mental health-related absences affect student attendance and well-being. The study will examine how often students miss school due to mental health concerns, review policies in other states that allow such absences, and evaluate whether recognizing these absences as excused could improve student outcomes. The Department of Education must submit a report with findings and recommendations to the Legislature by the end of 2026. This bill does not change current attendance policies but instead requests data collection and analysis to inform potential future policy changes.

Issues: ✓ Education ✓ Healthcare

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2026

Committee Review

Apr 2026

Senate Passage

Apr 2026

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 16, 2026 Last action May 12, 2026

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SR132_SD1 → SR132_SD1_PROPOSED · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was updated to explicitly cite Section 36-41 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes as the legal authority for the proposed energy savings performance contracting. The text was also revised to refer to 'energy-efficient' lighting and 'long-term' fiscal sustainability, and the report title was changed to reflect the new focus on energy contracting rather than mental health absences.

Scope change

The bill's scope was clarified by adding a specific statutory citation (Section 36-41) to the operative clauses, grounding the request in existing state law.

REQUIREMENT

Added a specific legal citation (Section 36-41, Hawaii Revised Statutes) to the bill text, clarifying the statutory authority for the proposed energy contracting strategy.

TECHNICAL

Changed the description of lighting upgrades from 'energy SAVINGS' to 'energy-efficient' and updated 'long-term' fiscal sustainability to 'long-term' fiscal sustainability.

Updated the report title from 'Department of Education; Mental Health Related Absences' to 'DOE; UH; Energy Savings Performance Contracting; Deferred Maintenance' to align with the bill's new focus.

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

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Committee

Apr 9, 2026

Upper · Passed

Report and Resolution Adopted, as amended (SD 1).

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Apr 8, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported from EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3610) with recommendation of adoption, as amended (SD 1).

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Apr 8, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDU were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kim, Kidani, Fukunaga, Hashimoto, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

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Apr 2, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 04-08-26 1:03PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

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Mar 19, 2026

Committee

Referred to EDU.

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Mar 16, 2026

Introduced

Offered.

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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors