STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1627

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2025

RE: H.R. No. 103

H.D. 1

Honorable Nadine K. Nakamura

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2025

State of Hawaii

Madame:

Your Committee on Human Services & Homelessness, to which was referred H.R. No. 103 entitled:

"HOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE HAWAII STATE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO DEVELOP MEASURES TO STRENGTHEN PROTECTIONS UNDER TITLE IX,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women to convene a working group to develop measures to strengthen protections under Title IX.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawai‘i State LGBTQ+ Commission; Hawai‘i State Commission on the Status of Women; Imua Alliance; Every Voice Hawai‘i; AAUW of Hawai‘i; and one individual.

Your Committee finds that sex-based discrimination and harassment remain persistent issues in Hawaii's education system, with many incidents going unreported, creating hostile learning environments that negatively affect students' well-being and academic success. This measure seeks to address these challenges by requesting the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women to convene a working group to develop stronger state-level protections under Title IX and ensure equal access to educational opportunities for all students in Hawaii.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Adding a representative of the Hawaiʻi State LGBTQ+ Commission and a student representative to the working group;

(2) Clarifying that the chairperson of the working group is requested to invite certain members of the working group; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services & Homelessness that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 103, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.R. No. 103, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services & Homelessness,

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LISA MARTEN, Chair