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Hawaii 2026

HB 1345

RELATING TO TEACHER EDUCATION.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-11-12 00:12:40 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Hawaii
Session
2026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
DOE, Four-year College, Mandatory Fee Subsidy, Resident Student, Service Requirement, State-Approved Teacher Education Program, Teacher Education, Tuition Subsidy, UH
Introduced / first action
2025-01-23 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Authorizes the Department of Education to subsidize all tuition and mandatory fees for a resident student enrolled in a 4-year college campus of the University of Hawaii System with an education program or that offers an education degree for the semester or term that the student enrolls in a State-Approved Teacher Education Program under certain conditions. Effective 7/31/2050. (SD2)

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Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Re-Referred to EDU, WAM.

    referral-committee

  2. Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).

    receipt

  3. House Conferee(s) discharged.

  4. Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

    carried-over

  5. Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 732).

    receipt

  6. Re-referred to HED/EDN, FIN, referral sheet 31

    referral-committee

  7. House Conferees Appointed: Garrett, Woodson, Holt Co-Chairs; Amato, Muraoka.

  8. Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 621).

    receipt

  9. House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

    amendment-failure

  10. Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

    passage

  11. Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 586) in amended form (SD 2).

  12. Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1533) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

  13. 48 Hrs. Notice 04-04-25.

  14. The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. 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

  15. The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-31-25 10:02AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  16. Reported from HRE (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1203) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

  17. Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.

    reading-2, referral-committee

  18. The committee(s) on HRE recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HRE were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kim, Kidani, Hashimoto; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Fukunaga, Fevella.

    committee-passage-favorable

  19. The committee(s) on HRE has scheduled a public hearing on 03-13-25 3:05PM; CR 229 & Videoconference (Proposed Draft).

  20. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 165).

    introduction, receipt

  21. Passed First Reading.

    reading-1

  22. Referred to HRE, WAM.

    referral-committee

  23. Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 920), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  24. 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

  25. The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 12 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Miyake, Templo, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Lee, M., Morikawa, Alcos, Ward.

    committee-passage-favorable

  26. Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 02-21-25 10:00AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  27. Reported from HED (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 437) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

  28. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (3) and Representative(s) Cochran, Sayama, Ward excused (3).

    reading-2, referral-committee

  29. The committee on HED recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Garrett, Amato, Kapela, Kila, La Chica, Olds, Sayama, Woodson, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Evslin, Muraoka.

    committee-passage-favorable

  30. Bill scheduled to be heard by HED on Friday, 02-07-25 2:00PM in University of Hawaii at Manoa, Bachman Hall, Board of Regents Conference Room 106, 2444 Dole Street VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  31. Referred to HED, FIN, referral sheet 4

    referral-committee

  32. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

    introduction, reading-1

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