HI HB 563
died on adjournmentRELATING 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
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Subjects
Sponsors
- TAKAYAMAprimary
- KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOYprimary
- GARRETTprimary
- KAHALOAprimary
- LOWENprimary
- SOUZAprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2026-04-17
Re-Referred to EDU, WAM.
referral-committee
2026-04-02
Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
receipt
2026-04-01
House Conferee(s) discharged.
2026-03-20
Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 409).
receipt
2026-03-20
Senate Conferee(s) discharged.
2025-12-08
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
carried-over
2025-04-24
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 3:05PM; Conference Room 229.
2025-04-23
Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-24-25 1:45PM in conference room 229.
2025-04-22
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 862).
receipt
2025-04-22
Senate Conferees Appointed: Kim Chair; Kanuha Co-Chair; Fevella.
2025-04-15
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 732).
receipt
2025-04-14
House Conferees Appointed: Garrett, Holt Co-Chairs; Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kusch, Souza.
2025-04-11
Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 704).
receipt
2025-04-10
House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
amendment-failure
2025-04-08
Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 655) in amended form (SD 1).
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
2025-04-04
One Day Notice 04-08-25.
2025-04-04
Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1769) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
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
2025-03-31
The committee on WAM has added the measure to decision making scheduled on 04-02-25 10:01AM; CR 211 & Videoconference.
2025-03-18
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
passage,reading-2,referral-committee
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.
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
2025-03-10
The committee(s) on HRE has scheduled a public hearing on 03-13-25 3:05PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
2025-03-06
Referred to HRE, WAM.
referral-committee
2025-03-06
Passed First Reading.
reading-1
2025-03-06
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 257).
introduction,receipt
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
2025-02-28
Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1103), recommending passage on Third Reading.
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
2025-02-26
Bill scheduled for decision making on Wednesday, 02-26-25 11:00AM in conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2025-02-25
The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-26-25.
deferral
2025-02-21
Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 02-25-25 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
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
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.
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
2025-01-31
Bill scheduled to be heard by HED on Wednesday, 02-05-25 2:00PM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2025-01-21
Referred to HED, FIN, referral sheet 2
referral-committee
2025-01-21
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
introduction,reading-1
2025-01-17
Pending introduction.
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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
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