---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO SCHOOL MEALS."
description: "Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, expands free school meal coverage to students who currently qualify for reduced-price lunch. Beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, expands free school meal coverage to students whose family income is not more than three hundred per cent of the federal poverty level. Appropriates funds. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1300"
citation: "Hawaii SB 1300 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations ($)", "Department of Education", "Meal Subsidies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["AQUINO", "ELEFANTE", "FEVELLA", "GABBARD", "KIDANI", "KIM", "MCKELVEY"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 47
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-01-21"
last_action: "2025-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54425983-b6d5-4cc8-bb93-1776c82bd5a7"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1300&year=2025"
source_hash: "b2bb4f722555c8b7c50428f5238b7bab6e432df2cb23897e404318876ce856d5"
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 SB 1300 (2025) — RELATING TO SCHOOL MEALS.

Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, expands free school meal coverage to students who currently qualify for reduced-price lunch. Beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, expands free school meal coverage to students whose family income is not more than three hundred per cent of the federal poverty level. Appropriates funds. (CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB1300** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1300_.HTM)
2. **SB1300_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1300_CD1_.HTM)
3. **SB1300_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1300_HD1_.HTM)
4. **SB1300_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1300_SD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **13–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- AQUINO — primary (person)
- ELEFANTE — primary (person)
- FEVELLA — primary (person)
- GABBARD — primary (person)
- KIDANI — primary (person)
- KIM — primary (person)
- MCKELVEY — primary (person)
- Wakai — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-30** Act 139, on 05/30/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1239). `became-law`
- **2025-05-30** Act 139, 05/30/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1239). `became-law`
- **2025-05-02** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-02** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 821). `receipt`
- **2025-05-01** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 888). `receipt`
- **2025-04-30** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none. `passage`
- **2025-04-25** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-30-25.
- **2025-04-25** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 115) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2025-04-25** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-25.
- **2025-04-25** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 115).
- **2025-04-24** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, Morikawa, Amato, La Chica, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- **2025-04-24** The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kidani, Inouye, Kanuha, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-23** Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-24-25 3:00PM in conference room 229.
- **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.
- **2025-04-22** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 782). `receipt`
- **2025-04-21** House Conferees Appointed: Woodson, Morikawa Co-Chairs; Amato, La Chica, Souza.
- **2025-04-16** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 809). `receipt`
- **2025-04-16** Senate Conferees Appointed: Kidani Chair; Inouye Co-Chair; Kanuha, DeCorte.
- **2025-04-08** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 774). `receipt`
- **2025-04-08** Senate disagrees with House amendments. `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-08** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 604). `introduction, receipt`
- **2025-04-04** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kapela excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2025-04-04** Passed Second Reading; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kapela excused (2).
- **2025-04-04** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1948), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2025-04-01** The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Alcos. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 04-01-25 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2025-03-18** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1338) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2025-03-11** 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; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Muraoka. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-07** Bill scheduled to be heard by EDN on Tuesday, 03-11-25 2:00PM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2025-02-28** Referred to EDN, FIN, referral sheet 17 `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-19** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 10) in amended form (SD 1). `introduction, receipt`
- **2025-02-19** Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 3 (Senator(s) Gabbard, Kouchi, Richards). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2025-02-18** One Day Notice 02-19-25.
- **2025-02-18** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 679) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
- **2025-02-12** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-10** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-12-25 10:01AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
- **2025-02-07** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-07** Reported from EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 96) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
- **2025-01-31** The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDU were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kidani, Kim, Hashimoto, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Kanuha. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-28** The committee(s) on EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 01-31-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
- **2025-01-27** Referred to EDU, WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-23** Introduced and passed First Reading. `introduction`
- **2025-01-21** Pending Introduction.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54425983-b6d5-4cc8-bb93-1776c82bd5a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).