---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION."
description: "Changes the due date of the Department of Education's annual computer science legislative report from June 30 to October 31. (SD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 622"
citation: "Hawaii HB 622 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Computer Science", "DOE", "Due Date", "Extension", "Legislative Report"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["AMATO", "HOLT", "IWAMOTO", "KAHALOA", "KITAGAWA", "MIYAKE", "POEPOE", "TAM", "TARNAS", "TODD", "WOODSON"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-17"
last_action: "2025-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c3a963c-88a4-49af-a199-14005b5702d9"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=622&year=2025"
source_hash: "583df402e94a60b94f409796e122fbc8f53bfd0ef2d2217e29a378f5ae3a83f6"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-hi"]
---

# Hawaii HB 622 (2025) — RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

Changes the due date of the Department of Education's annual computer science legislative report from June 30 to October 31. (SD1)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB622** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB622_.HTM)
2. **HB622_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB622_HD1_.HTM)
3. **HB622_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB622_SD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Reconsider: The House Conference Managers recommend to agree to the Senate Amendments. — **3–0** (fail) · lower
- The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Reconsider: Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). — **25–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- AMATO — primary (person)
- HOLT — primary (person)
- IWAMOTO — primary (person)
- KAHALOA — primary (person)
- KITAGAWA — primary (person)
- MIYAKE — primary (person)
- POEPOE — primary (person)
- TAM — primary (person)
- TARNAS — primary (person)
- TODD — primary (person)
- WOODSON — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-05-19** Act 067, on 05/19/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1167). `became-law`
- **2025-05-19** Act 067, 05/19/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1167). `became-law`
- **2025-04-28** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2025-04-30** Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 820). `receipt`
- **2025-04-25** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Lamosao excused (2). `passage`
- **2025-04-25** House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
- **2025-04-25** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 814). `receipt`
- **2025-04-24** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-04-25.
- **2025-04-23** The House Conference Managers recommend to agree to the Senate Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, La Chica, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- **2025-04-22** Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-23-25 1:30PM in conference room 229.
- **2025-04-21** Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Tuesday, 04-22-25 3:00PM in conference room 229.
- **2025-04-17** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 828). `receipt`
- **2025-04-17** Senate Conferees Appointed: Kidani Chair; Kanuha, Kim, DeCorte.
- **2025-04-15** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 732). `receipt`
- **2025-04-14** House Conferees Appointed: Woodson Chair; La Chica, Souza.
- **2025-04-08** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 559). `receipt`
- **2025-04-04** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-03** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 547) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2025-04-03** Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2025-04-01** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-03-25.
- **2025-04-01** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** Reported from EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1488) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2025-03-10** 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) Kidani, Kim, Hashimoto, Kanuha, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-07** The committee(s) on EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 03-10-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
- **2025-03-04** Referred to EDU. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-28** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 25). `introduction, receipt`
- **2025-02-27** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2025-02-19** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Amato, Cochran, Grandinetti, Perruso, Ward excused (5).
- **2025-02-19** Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 797) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2025-02-13** The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, La Chica, Amato, Evslin, Garrett, Kapela, Kila, Olds, Sayama, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Muraoka. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-11** Bill scheduled to be heard by EDN on Thursday, 02-13-25 2:00PM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2025-01-21** Referred to EDN, referral sheet 2 `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-21** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-01-17** Pending introduction.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c3a963c-88a4-49af-a199-14005b5702d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).