HI HB 1345
died on adjournmentRELATING TO TEACHER EDUCATION.
Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower
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Did HI HB 1345 pass?
No. HI HB 1345 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 (2026-04-17): Re-Referred to EDU, WAM.
What is HI HB 1345 about?
Authorizes the Department of Education to subsidize all tuition and mandatory fees for a resident student enrolled in a 4-year college campus of the University of Hawaii System with an education program or that offers an education degree for the semester or term that the student enrolls in a State-Approved Teacher Education Program under certain conditions. Effective 7/31/2050. (SD2)
Who sponsors HI HB 1345?
WOODSON, AMATO, COCHRAN and 15 others are the primary sponsors of HI HB 1345.
Description
Authorizes the Department of Education to subsidize all tuition and mandatory fees for a resident student enrolled in a 4-year college campus of the University of Hawaii System with an education program or that offers an education degree for the semester or term that the student enrolls in a State-Approved Teacher Education Program under certain conditions. Effective 7/31/2050. (SD2)
- Introduced
- 2025-01-23
- Latest action
- 2026-04-17 — Re-Referred to EDU, WAM.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- WOODSONprimary
- AMATOprimary
- COCHRANprimary
- GRANDINETTIprimary
- KILAprimary
- KUSCHprimary
- LAMOSAOprimary
- LOWENprimary
- MARTENprimary
- MATAYOSHIprimary
- MIYAKEprimary
- MORIKAWAprimary
- PERRUSOprimary
- POEPOEprimary
- REYES ODAprimary
- SOUZAprimary
- TAMprimary
- TARNASprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
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.
2025-12-08
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
carried-over
2025-04-15
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 732).
receipt
2025-04-14
Re-referred to HED/EDN, FIN, referral sheet 31
referral-committee
2025-04-14
House Conferees Appointed: Garrett, Woodson, Holt Co-Chairs; Amato, Muraoka.
2025-04-10
Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 621).
receipt
2025-04-08
House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
amendment-failure
2025-04-04
Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
passage
2025-04-04
Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 586) in amended form (SD 2).
2025-04-02
Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1533) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
2025-04-02
48 Hrs. Notice 04-04-25.
2025-03-31
The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. 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
2025-03-28
The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-31-25 10:02AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
2025-03-20
Reported from HRE (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1203) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
2025-03-20
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
passage,reading-2,referral-committee
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; CR 229 & Videoconference (Proposed Draft).
2025-03-04
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 165).
introduction,receipt
2025-03-04
Passed First Reading.
reading-1
2025-03-04
Referred to HRE, WAM.
referral-committee
2025-02-28
Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 920), recommending passage on Third Reading.
2025-02-28
Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4). Transmitted to Senate.
passage
2025-02-21
The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 12 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Miyake, Templo, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Lee, M., Morikawa, Alcos, Ward.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-02-19
Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 02-21-25 10:00AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2025-02-12
Reported from HED (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 437) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
2025-02-12
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (3) and Representative(s) Cochran, Sayama, Ward excused (3).
reading-2,referral-committee
2025-02-07
The committee on HED recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Garrett, Amato, Kapela, Kila, La Chica, Olds, Sayama, Woodson, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Evslin, Muraoka.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-02-04
Bill scheduled to be heard by HED on Friday, 02-07-25 2:00PM in University of Hawaii at Manoa, Bachman Hall, Board of Regents Conference Room 106, 2444 Dole Street VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2025-01-27
Referred to HED, FIN, referral sheet 4
referral-committee
2025-01-23
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
introduction,reading-1
Versions
Documents
Votes
The committee on HED recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
2025-02-07 · pass · 9-0
Member-level votes (11)
- Garrett: yes
- Amato: yes
- Kapela: yes
- Kila: yes
- La Chica: yes
- Olds: yes
- Sayama: yes
- Woodson: yes
- Souza: yes
- Evslin: not voting
- Muraoka: not voting
The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.
2025-02-21 · pass · 12-0
Member-level votes (17)
- Yamashita: yes
- Takenouchi: yes
- Grandinetti: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hussey: yes
- Keohokapu-Lee Loy: yes
- Kitagawa: yes
- Kusch: yes
- Lamosao: yes
- Miyake: yes
- Templo: yes
- Reyes Oda: yes
- Lee: not voting
- M: not voting
- Morikawa: not voting
- Alcos: not voting
- 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, WITH AMENDMENTS.
2025-03-31 · 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, as amended (SD 2).
2025-04-04 · pass · 25-0
Related bills
- Companion bill: SB 1524
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