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HR94Introduced in the House

Urging The Department Of Education, In Collaboration With The Department Of Health And Office Of Wellness And Resilience, To Establish A Statewide Peer Counselor Program To Address Youth Loneliness And Social Disconnection In Hawaii's Schools.

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Introduced by Lisa Marten, District 51

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Official description

Urging The Department Of Education, In Collaboration With The Department Of Health And Office Of Wellness And Resilience, To Establish A Statewide Peer Counselor Program To Address Youth Loneliness And Social Disconnection In Hawaii's Schools.

Where it stands

Resolution adopted in final form.

April 9, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

No recorded vote is available for this bill yet.

Bill history

  1. Offered

  2. Referred to EDN, HSH, referral sheet 19

  3. Resolution scheduled to be heard by EDN on Tuesday, 03-31-26 2:00PM in conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  4. The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, La Chica, Amato, Evslin, Kapela, Olds; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Garrett, Kila, Muraoka, Souza.

  5. Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1770-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending referral to HSH.

  6. Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on HSH as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

  7. Resolution scheduled to be heard by HSH on Tuesday, 04-07-26 11:15AM in conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  8. The committee on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Marten, Olds, Amato, Hartsfield, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Takayama, Takenouchi, Alcos, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

  9. Reported from HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1839-26), recommending adoption.

  10. Adopted with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1).

  11. Resolution adopted in final form.

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