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HI SB 1489

passed one chamber

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII RESIDENT TUITION FEE.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

Requires the University of Hawaii to grant the resident tuition fee for enrollment at any University of Hawaii campus to individuals who have graduated from a Hawaii high school and are enrolling in an undergraduate degree program, under certain conditions. Effective 7/31/2050. (SD1)

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

Sponsors

  • KOUCHIprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-12-08

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

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  2. 2025-02-14

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

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  3. 2025-02-14

    Reported from HRE (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 521) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

  4. 2025-02-11

    The committee(s) on HRE recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HRE were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kim, Kidani, Fukunaga, Hashimoto; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.

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  5. 2025-02-07

    The committee(s) on HRE has scheduled a public hearing on 02-11-25 3:10PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  6. 2025-01-27

    Referred to HRE, WAM.

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  7. 2025-01-23

    Introduced and passed First Reading.

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  8. 2025-01-21

    Pending Introduction.

Versions

Documents

Votes

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

    2025-02-11 · pass · 4-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Kim: yes
    • Kidani: yes
    • Fukunaga: yes
    • Hashimoto: yes
    • Fevella: not voting

Related bills

  • Companion bill: HB 1170not in this corpus

Official source

https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1489&year=2026

Attribution

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