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Hawaii 2026

HB 429

RELATING TO EARLY LEARNING.

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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
Appropriations ($), Department of Education, Equipment, Executive Office on Early Learning, Public Preschools, Services, Teacher Assistants, Teachers
Introduced / first action
2025-01-17 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Appropriates funds to hire teachers and teacher assistants and for equipment and services for public preschools. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)

Sponsors

Source-supplied history

Actions

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

    receipt

  2. House Conferee(s) discharged.

  3. Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

    carried-over

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

    receipt

  5. House Conferees Appointed: Woodson, Morikawa Co-Chairs; Amato, La Chica, Muraoka.

  6. Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 451).

    receipt

  7. House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

    amendment-failure

  8. Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 2 (Senator(s) DeCorte, Ihara). Transmitted to House.

    passage

  9. Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 476) in amended form (SD 1).

  10. Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1472) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.

  11. One Day Notice 04-02-25.

  12. The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 11 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Lee, C., Fevella.

    committee-passage-favorable

  13. The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-28-25 10:02AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  14. Reported from EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1160) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

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

    reading-2, referral-committee

  16. The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDU were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kidani, Kim, Hashimoto, Kanuha, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  17. The committee(s) on EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 03-12-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  18. Referred to EDU, WAM.

    referral-committee

  19. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 17).

    introduction, receipt

  20. Passed First Reading.

    reading-1

  21. Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 849), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  22. 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

  23. 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 2 Excused: Representative(s) Alcos, Ward.

    committee-passage-favorable

  24. Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 02-20-25 10:00AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  25. Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 338) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

  26. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2).

    reading-2, referral-committee

  27. The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, La Chica, Amato, Evslin, Garrett, Kapela, Kila, Olds, Sayama, Muraoka, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  28. Bill scheduled to be heard by EDN on Tuesday, 02-04-25 2:00PM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  29. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

    introduction, reading-1

  30. Referred to EDN, FIN, referral sheet 2

    referral-committee

  31. Pending introduction.

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