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House bill · 2026

HB 620

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Did not passOfficial record on Hawaii State Legislature

Progress

440 days from first to latest action, across 42 recorded actions.

  1. Filed

    Jan 17

  2. Referred to committee

    Jan 21

  3. Heard in committee

    Feb 4

  4. Reported from committee

    Feb 4

  5. Passed first chamber

    Mar 4

  6. Passed second chamber

    Apr 8

  7. Sent to governor

    Stopped here

  8. Became law

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Filled marks are milestones (committee report, floor passage, governor action). Larger marks hold more same-day actions.

Record votes

Each dot is one member, grouped by how they voted.

The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

House · Feb 4, 2025

Passed 11–0

11 Yea

0 Nay

0 Absent / not voting

RepublicanDemocratic

Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN.

House · Feb 11, 2025

Passed 49–0

49 Yea

0 Nay

2 Absent / not voting

Republican

The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.

House · Feb 26, 2025

Passed 15–0

15 Yea

0 Nay

1 Absent / not voting

RepublicanDemocraticOther

Passed Third Reading.

House · Mar 4, 2025

Passed 49–0

49 Yea

0 Nay

2 Absent / not voting

Republican

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

Senate · Mar 10, 2025

Passed 5–0

5 Yea

0 Nay

0 Absent / not voting

RepublicanDemocratic

The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.

Senate · Apr 2, 2025

Passed 13–0

13 Yea

0 Nay

0 Absent / not voting

RepublicanDemocraticOther

Report adopted; Passed Third Reading.

Senate · Apr 8, 2025

Passed 25–0

Individual votes were not recorded for this roll call.

Full history

Every action recorded by Hawaii State Legislature.

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

    Apr 2, 2026 · Senate

  2. House Conferee(s) discharged.

    Apr 1, 2026 · House

  3. Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 409).

    Mar 20, 2026 · House

  4. Senate Conferee(s) discharged.

    Mar 20, 2026 · Senate

  5. Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

    Dec 8, 2025 · Joint

  6. Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-25-25 6:20PM in conference room 229.

    Apr 25, 2025 · House

  7. Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-25-25 5:55PM in conference room 229.

    Apr 25, 2025 · House

  8. Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-25-25 5:35PM in conference room 229.

    Apr 25, 2025 · House

  9. Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-25-25 4:40PM in conference room 229.

    Apr 25, 2025 · House

  10. Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-25-25 2:50PM in conference room 229.

    Apr 25, 2025 · House

  11. Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-25-25 1:30PM in conference room 229.

    Apr 24, 2025 · House

  12. Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 873).

    Apr 23, 2025 · House

  13. Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-24-25 3:05PM in conference room 229.

    Apr 23, 2025 · House

  14. Senate Conferees Appointed: Kidani Chair; Kim Co-Chair; Kanuha, DeCorte.

    Apr 23, 2025 · Senate

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

    Apr 15, 2025 · Senate

  16. House Conferees Appointed: Woodson, Morikawa Co-Chairs; Souza.

    Apr 14, 2025 · House

  17. Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 704).

    Apr 11, 2025 · Senate

  18. House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

    Apr 10, 2025 · House

  19. Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 659) in amended form (SD 1).

    Apr 8, 2025 · House

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

    Apr 8, 2025 · Senate

  21. One Day Notice 04-08-25.

    Apr 4, 2025 · Senate

  22. Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1683) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.

    Apr 4, 2025 · Senate

  23. The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. 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. Ways and Means

    Apr 2, 2025 · Senate

  24. The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-02-25 10:01AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

    Mar 27, 2025 · Senate

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

    Mar 14, 2025 · Senate

  26. Reported from EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1088) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

    Mar 14, 2025 · Senate

  27. 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. Education

    Mar 10, 2025 · Senate

  28. The committee(s) on EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 03-10-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

    Mar 7, 2025 · Senate

  29. Referred to EDU, WAM. Education

    Mar 6, 2025 · Senate

  30. Passed First Reading.

    Mar 6, 2025 · Senate

  31. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 260).

    Mar 6, 2025 · Senate

  32. Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

    Mar 4, 2025 · House

  33. Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1101), recommending passage on Third Reading.

    Feb 28, 2025 · House

  34. The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward. Finance

    Feb 26, 2025 · House

  35. Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 02-26-25 10:50AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

    Feb 24, 2025 · House

  36. 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). Finance

    Feb 11, 2025 · House

  37. Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 346) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

    Feb 11, 2025 · House

  38. 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. Education

    Feb 4, 2025 · House

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

    Jan 31, 2025 · House

  40. Referred to EDN, FIN, referral sheet 2 Education

    Jan 21, 2025 · House

  41. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

    Jan 21, 2025 · House

  42. Pending introduction.

    Jan 17, 2025 · House

Authors

In committee

  • Education

    House

    Referred Jan 21, 2025 · heard Feb 4, 2025 · reported after 14 days

  • Finance

    House

    Referred Feb 11, 2025 · heard Feb 26, 2025 · reported after 15 days

  • Education

    Senate

    Referred Mar 6, 2025 · heard Mar 10, 2025 · reported after 4 days

  • Ways and Means

    Senate

    Referred Mar 14, 2025 · heard Apr 2, 2025 · reported after 19 days

Topics

Appropriations ($)BrailleBraille InstructionBraille Literacy Resource CenterDOEIndividualized Educational ProgramsLow Vision or Blind StudentsPrint Instructional MaterialsRulesSection 504 Plans

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HB 620 (2026) · Polis