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HI HB 549

died on adjournment

RELATING TO AN EARLY LEARNING APPRENTICESHIP GRANT PROGRAM.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did HI HB 549 pass?

No. HI HB 549 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-05-01): Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 05-01-26 at 5:15PM in Conference Room 229.

What is HI HB 549 about?

Establishes an Early Learning Apprenticeship Grant Program to be administered by the University of Hawaii to provide financial support for early learning program service providers in the State to participate in state- or federally-approved early learning apprenticeship programs. Requires an annual report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/31/2050. (SD1)

Who sponsors HI HB 549?

GARRETT, CHUN, EVSLIN and 9 others are the primary sponsors of HI HB 549.

Description

Establishes an Early Learning Apprenticeship Grant Program to be administered by the University of Hawaii to provide financial support for early learning program service providers in the State to participate in state- or federally-approved early learning apprenticeship programs. Requires an annual report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/31/2050. (SD1)

Introduced
2025-01-21
Latest action
2026-05-01 — Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 05-01-26 at 5:15PM in Conference Room 229.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • GARRETTprimary
  • CHUNprimary
  • EVSLINprimary
  • KILAprimary
  • LA CHICAprimary
  • LEEprimary
  • M.primary
  • MARTENprimary
  • OLDSprimary
  • SAYAMAprimary
  • TAKAYAMAprimary
  • TAKENOUCHIprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-05-01

    Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 05-01-26 at 5:15PM in Conference Room 229.

  2. 2026-05-01

    Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 05-01-26 at 5:50PM in Conference Room 229.

  3. 2026-04-30

    Senate Conferees Appointed: Kim, Kidani Chairs; Hashimoto, DeCorte.

  4. 2026-04-30

    Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 798).

    receipt

  5. 2026-04-30

    Senate Conferees Changed: Senator Kidani discharged as Chair; Added as Co-Chair.

  6. 2026-04-30

    Received notice of change in Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 800).

    receipt

  7. 2026-04-30

    Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Friday, 05-01-26 3:00PM in conference room 229.

  8. 2026-04-29

    Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 875).

    receipt

  9. 2026-04-28

    House Conferees Appointed: Garrett, Marten, Lee, M. Co-Chairs; Amato, Souza.

  10. 2026-04-17

    Re-Referred to EDU, WAM.

    referral-committee

  11. 2026-04-02

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

    receipt

  12. 2026-04-01

    House Conferee(s) discharged.

  13. 2026-03-20

    Senate Conferee(s) discharged.

  14. 2026-03-20

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

    receipt

  15. 2025-12-08

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

    carried-over

  16. 2025-04-24

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

  17. 2025-04-22

    Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-25 1:30PM; Conference Room 229.

  18. 2025-04-21

    Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-22-25 1:30PM; Conference Room 229.

  19. 2025-04-17

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

  20. 2025-04-17

    Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 828).

    receipt

  21. 2025-04-15

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

    receipt

  22. 2025-04-14

    House Conferees Appointed: Garrett, Marten, Holt Co-Chairs; Amato, Souza.

  23. 2025-04-11

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

    receipt

  24. 2025-04-10

    House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

    amendment-failure

  25. 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

  26. 2025-04-08

    Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 654) in amended form (SD 1).

  27. 2025-04-04

    Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1787) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.

  28. 2025-04-04

    One Day Notice 04-08-25.

  29. 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

  30. 2025-03-31

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

  31. 2025-03-21

    Reported from HRE/EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1273) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

  32. 2025-03-21

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

    passage,reading-2,referral-committee

  33. 2025-03-17

    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

  34. 2025-03-17

    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

  35. 2025-03-11

    The committee(s) on HRE/EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 03-17-25 3:01PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  36. 2025-03-06

    Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 254).

    introduction,receipt

  37. 2025-03-06

    Passed First Reading.

    reading-1

  38. 2025-03-06

    Referred to HRE/EDU, WAM.

    referral-committee

  39. 2025-03-04

    Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 3 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

    passage

  40. 2025-02-28

    Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1028) as amended in HD 3, recommending passage on Third Reading.

  41. 2025-02-28

    Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-04-25.

  42. 2025-02-26

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

  43. 2025-02-26

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

  44. 2025-02-25

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

    deferral

  45. 2025-02-21

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

  46. 2025-02-14

    Reported from HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 652) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.

  47. 2025-02-14

    Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4).

    passage,referral-committee

  48. 2025-02-11

    The committee on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Marten, Olds, Amato, Chun, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Takayama, Takenouchi, Alcos, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  49. 2025-02-06

    Bill scheduled to be heard by HSH on Tuesday, 02-11-25 9:45AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  50. 2025-02-04

    Reported from HED (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 149) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to HSH.

  51. 2025-02-04

    Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on HSH with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kong, Ward excused (3).

    reading-2,referral-committee

  52. 2025-01-31

    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

  53. 2025-01-28

    Bill scheduled to be heard by HED on Friday, 01-31-25 2:00PM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  54. 2025-01-28

    Bill re-scheduled to be heard by HED on Friday, 01-31-25 2:15PM in conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  55. 2025-01-21

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

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  56. 2025-01-21

    Referred to HED, HSH, FIN, referral sheet 2

    referral-committee

  57. 2025-01-17

    Pending introduction.

Versions

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Votes

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

    2025-01-31 · 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 HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2025-02-11 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Marten: yes
    • Olds: yes
    • Amato: yes
    • Chun: yes
    • Keohokapu-Lee Loy: yes
    • Takayama: yes
    • Takenouchi: yes
    • Alcos: yes
    • Garcia: yes

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

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

    2025-03-17 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Kidani: yes
    • Kim: yes
    • Hashimoto: yes
    • Kanuha: yes
    • DeCorte: yes

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

    2025-03-17 · 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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