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HI SB420

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/16/2025

Primary Sponsor

Michelle Kidani

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Origin

Senate

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Extends workers' compensation coverage to newly graduated high school students participating in Department of Education-sponsored work-based learning programs during the summer following graduation

  • Coverage for recent graduates would end no later than July 31 of their graduation year

  • Amends Section 302A-430, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to include "new high school graduates" alongside current students for workers' compensation eligibility

  • Addresses a gap where students lose coverage upon graduation even when continuing in DOE-sponsored internships or work-based learning experiences

  • Effective date of July 1, 2050

Legislative Description

Relating To Education.

Workers' Compensation

Last Action

Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

12/8/2025

Committee Referrals

Ways and Means2/12/2025
Education1/21/2025

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