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HI HB 563

died on adjournment

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII'S SPACE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING INITIATIVE.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Appropriates funds for salaries and fringe benefits of positions for the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy's Space Science and Engineering Initiative Workforce Development Program, Maunakea Scholars Program, and Internship Program. Appropriates funds for office equipment and supplies, operational costs, and stipends for high school and college students. Effective 7/31/2050. (SD1)

Introduced
2025-01-21
Status date
Latest action
2026-04-17 — Re-Referred to EDU, WAM.
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • TAKAYAMAprimary
  • KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOYprimary
  • GARRETTprimary
  • KAHALOAprimary
  • LOWENprimary
  • SOUZAprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-04-17

    Re-Referred to EDU, WAM.

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-04-02

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

    receipt

  3. 2026-04-01

    House Conferee(s) discharged.

  4. 2026-03-20

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

    receipt

  5. 2026-03-20

    Senate Conferee(s) discharged.

  6. 2025-12-08

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

    carried-over

  7. 2025-04-24

    Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 3:05PM; Conference Room 229.

  8. 2025-04-23

    Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-24-25 1:45PM in conference room 229.

  9. 2025-04-22

    Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 862).

    receipt

  10. 2025-04-22

    Senate Conferees Appointed: Kim Chair; Kanuha Co-Chair; Fevella.

  11. 2025-04-15

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

    receipt

  12. 2025-04-14

    House Conferees Appointed: Garrett, Holt Co-Chairs; Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kusch, Souza.

  13. 2025-04-11

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

    receipt

  14. 2025-04-10

    House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

    amendment-failure

  15. 2025-04-08

    Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 655) in amended form (SD 1).

  16. 2025-04-08

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

    passage

  17. 2025-04-04

    One Day Notice 04-08-25.

  18. 2025-04-04

    Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1769) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.

  19. 2025-04-02

    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.

    committee-passage-favorable

  20. 2025-03-31

    The committee on WAM has added the measure to decision making scheduled on 04-02-25 10:01AM; CR 211 & Videoconference.

  21. 2025-03-18

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

    passage,reading-2,referral-committee

  22. 2025-03-18

    Reported from HRE (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1133) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

  23. 2025-03-13

    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

  24. 2025-03-10

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

  25. 2025-03-06

    Referred to HRE, WAM.

    referral-committee

  26. 2025-03-06

    Passed First Reading.

    reading-1

  27. 2025-03-06

    Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 257).

    introduction,receipt

  28. 2025-03-04

    Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Perruso voting no (1) and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

    passage

  29. 2025-02-28

    Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1103), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  30. 2025-02-26

    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.

    committee-passage-favorable

  31. 2025-02-26

    Bill scheduled for decision making on Wednesday, 02-26-25 11:00AM in conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  32. 2025-02-25

    The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-26-25.

    deferral

  33. 2025-02-21

    Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 02-25-25 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  34. 2025-02-11

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

    reading-2,referral-committee

  35. 2025-02-11

    Reported from HED (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 401) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

  36. 2025-02-05

    The committee on HED recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Garrett, Amato, Evslin, Kapela, Kila, La Chica, Olds, Sayama, Woodson, Muraoka, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  37. 2025-01-31

    Bill scheduled to be heard by HED on Wednesday, 02-05-25 2:00PM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  38. 2025-01-21

    Referred to HED, FIN, referral sheet 2

    referral-committee

  39. 2025-01-21

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

    introduction,reading-1

  40. 2025-01-17

    Pending introduction.

Versions

Documents

Votes

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

    2025-02-05 · pass · 11-0

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Garrett: yes
    • Amato: yes
    • Evslin: yes
    • Kapela: yes
    • Kila: yes
    • La Chica: yes
    • Olds: yes
    • Sayama: yes
    • Woodson: yes
    • Muraoka: yes
    • Souza: yes
  • The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.

    2025-02-26 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (17)
    • Yamashita: yes
    • Takenouchi: yes
    • Grandinetti: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hussey: yes
    • Keohokapu-Lee Loy: yes
    • Kitagawa: yes
    • Kusch: yes
    • Lamosao: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • M: yes
    • Miyake: yes
    • Morikawa: yes
    • Templo: yes
    • Alcos: yes
    • Reyes Oda: yes
    • Ward: not voting
  • The committee(s) on HRE recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2025-03-13 · pass · 3-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Kim: yes
    • Kidani: yes
    • Hashimoto: yes
    • Fukunaga: not voting
    • Fevella: not voting
  • The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.

    2025-04-02 · pass · 13-0

    Member-level votes (14)
    • Dela Cruz: yes
    • Moriwaki: yes
    • Aquino: yes
    • DeCoite: yes
    • Elefante: yes
    • Hashimoto: yes
    • Inouye: yes
    • Kanuha: yes
    • Kidani: yes
    • Kim: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • C: yes
    • Wakai: yes
    • Fevella: yes
  • Report adopted; Passed Third Reading.

    2025-04-08 · pass · 25-0

Related bills

  • Companion bill: SB 767, SB1268not in this corpus

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