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Hawaii 2026

HB 1840

RELATING TO 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
Charter Schools, DOE, Emergency Hires, HTSB, Rules, Support, Visiting International Educator Permit
Introduced / first action
2026-01-22 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Requires the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board to develop an alternative pathway for a visiting international educator permit aligned to the duration of the educator's J-1 visa program. Permits the Department of Education and charter schools to hire unlicensed individuals as teachers on an emergency basis for five, rather than three, years. Requires HTSB to extend the five-year period in the case of a declared state of emergency. Requires the Department of Education to provide support to assist emergency hires in meeting the requirements of licensure and require the training be mandatory for emergency hires in their fourth and fifth years. Effective 7/31/2055. (SD1)

Sponsors

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 599).

    receipt

  2. House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

    amendment-failure

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

    passage

  4. Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 533) in amended form (SD 1).

  5. Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3636) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.

  6. One Day Notice 04-10-26.

  7. The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 12 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Richards, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Lee, C..

    committee-passage-favorable

  8. The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-06-26 10:32AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  9. Reported from EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3260) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

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

    reading-2, referral-committee

  11. 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) Kim, Kidani, Hashimoto, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fukunaga.

    committee-passage-favorable

  12. The committee(s) on EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 03-23-26 1:11PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  13. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 296).

    introduction, receipt

  14. Passed First Reading.

    reading-1

  15. Referred to EDU, WAM.

    referral-committee

  16. Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Perruso voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Iwamoto voting no (1) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.

    passage

  17. Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1042-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.

  18. Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-10-26.

  19. The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Grandinetti, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Kong, Lowen, Tam; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Iwamoto, Marten, Pierick.

    committee-passage-favorable

  20. Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Thursday, 02-26-26 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  21. Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 321-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.

  22. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Lee, M., Poepoe excused (3).

    reading-2, referral-committee

  23. The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, La Chica, Evslin, Garrett, Kapela, Kila, Olds, Souza; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Amato, Muraoka; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  24. Bill scheduled to be heard by EDN on Tuesday, 02-10-26 2:15PM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  25. Referred to EDN, CPC, referral sheet 1

    referral-committee

  26. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

    introduction, reading-1

  27. Pending introduction.