HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2025

 

COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION

Rep. Andrew Takuya Garrett, Chair

Rep. Terez Amato, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Luke A. Evslin

Rep. Jackson D. Sayama

Rep. Jeanne Kapela

Rep. Justin H. Woodson

Rep. Darius K. Kila

Rep. Christopher L. Muraoka

Rep. Trish La Chica

Rep. Kanani Souza

Rep. Ikaika Olds

 

 

 

CORRECTED NOTICE OF HEARING

 

Start time of hearing amended from 2 p.m. to 2:15 p.m..

 

DATE:

Friday, January 31, 2025

TIME:

2:00 p.m. 2:15 p.m.

PLACE:

VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE

Conference Room 309

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

 

 

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A G E N D A

 

HB 223

Status

RELATING TO PHARMACY.

Establishes the Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy Special Fund to support pharmacist workforce assessment and planning efforts.  Establishes the pharmacist workforce assessment fee.  Appropriates funds.

 

HED, CPC, FIN

HB 940

Status

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO.

Appropriates funds for the rat lungworm lab at the University of Hawaii at Hilo.

 

HED, FIN

HB 546

Status

RELATING TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Establishes and appropriates funds to establish the aloha intelligence institute within the university of Hawaii to develop, support, and advance artificial intelligence initiatives statewide.

 

HED, ECD, FIN

HB 549

Status

RELATING TO AN EARLY LEARNING APPRENTICESHIP GRANT PROGRAM.

Establishes an Early Learning Apprenticeship Grant Program to be administered by the University of Hawaii to provide financial support for early learning program service providers in the State to participate in state- or federally-approved early learning apprenticeship programs.  Requires an annual report to the Legislature.  Appropriates funds.

 

HED, HSH, FIN

HB 1172

Status

RELATING TO DEPARTMENTAL DATA SHARING.

Adds the Department of Taxation to the list of state agencies sharing data through the statewide longitudinal data system. Allows the Department of Taxation to provide the University of Hawaii and other state agencies certain wage data.

 

HED, LAB, FIN

HB 1320

Status

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Requires the University of Hawaii system to collect, analyze, and publicly report certain graduate outcome data.  Requires and appropriates moneys for the development and maintenance of a graduate outcomes dashboard.  Appropriates moneys for 2.0 FTE positions within the University of Hawaii's Office of the Vice President of Academic Strategy.  Requires annual reports to the Legislature.

 

HED, FIN

 

 

 

 

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Rep. Andrew Takuya Garrett

Chair