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HI HB 1344

died on adjournment

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did HI HB 1344 pass?

No. HI HB 1344 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 (2025-12-08): Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

What is HI HB 1344 about?

Requires the Department of Education's existing Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) working group to create a state plan to make completion of the FAFSA or an opt-out waiver a statewide graduation requirement by the 2027-2028 school year. Requires a report to the 2026 legislature.

Who sponsors HI HB 1344?

MIYAKE, SOUZA, TARNAS and 10 others are the primary sponsors of HI HB 1344, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Requires the Department of Education's existing Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) working group to create a state plan to make completion of the FAFSA or an opt-out waiver a statewide graduation requirement by the 2027-2028 school year. Requires a report to the 2026 legislature.

Introduced
2025-01-23
Latest action
2025-12-08 — Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • MIYAKEprimary
  • SOUZAprimary
  • TARNASprimary
  • POEPOEprimary
  • WOODSONprimary
  • AMATOprimary
  • GARRETTprimary
  • IWAMOTOprimary
  • KAHALOAprimary
  • KILAprimary
  • KONGprimary
  • MARTENprimary
  • MATAYOSHIprimary
  • Reyes Odacosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-12-08

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

    carried-over

  2. 2025-02-06

    The committee(s) on EDN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.

    deferral

  3. 2025-02-03

    Bill scheduled to be heard by EDN on Thursday, 02-06-25 2:00PM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  4. 2025-01-27

    Referred to EDN, FIN, referral sheet 4

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-01-23

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

    introduction,reading-1

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1344&year=2026

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:20:09.051962Z

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