HI SB 440

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• Career and Technical Education
• DOE
• Scholarship
• Teacher Shortages
• Teaching License
• University of Hawaii

• DELA CRUZprimary
• CHANGprimary
• ELEFANTEprimary
• HASHIMOTOprimary
• INOUYEprimary
• KANUHAprimary
• KIDANIprimary
• KIMprimary
• LEEprimary
• C.primary
• MORIWAKIprimary
• SAN BUENAVENTURAprimary
• Wakaicosponsor

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1. 2026-04-02

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

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2. 2026-04-01

   House Conferee(s) discharged.

3. 2025-12-08

   Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

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4. 2025-04-21

   Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 754).

   receipt

5. 2025-04-17

   House Conferees Appointed: Woodson, Morikawa Co-Chairs; Souza.

6. 2025-04-04

   Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 463).

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7. 2025-04-04

   Senate disagrees with House amendments.

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8. 2025-04-04

   Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 590).

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9. 2025-04-03

   Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1902), recommending passage on Third Reading.

10. 2025-04-03

    Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Woodson excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

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11. 2025-03-27

    The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Hussey, Alcos, Ward.

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12. 2025-03-24

    Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 03-27-25 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

13. 2025-03-21

    Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1438) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

14. 2025-03-21

    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, Garrett, Kapela, Kitagawa, Ward excused (5).

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15. 2025-03-18

    The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, La Chica, Amato, Garrett, Kapela, Kila, Olds, Sayama, Muraoka, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Evslin.

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16. 2025-03-14

    Bill scheduled to be heard by EDN on Tuesday, 03-18-25 2:00PM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

17. 2025-03-04

    Referred to EDN, FIN, referral sheet 18

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18. 2025-02-28

    Pass First Reading

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19. 2025-02-27

    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.

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20. 2025-02-27

    Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 26) in amended form (SD 2).

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21. 2025-02-18

    Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 685) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

22. 2025-02-18

    48 Hrs. Notice 02-27-25.

23. 2025-02-12

    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.

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24. 2025-02-10

    The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-12-25 10:01AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

25. 2025-02-07

    Reported from EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 97) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

26. 2025-02-07

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

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27. 2025-01-31

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

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28. 2025-01-28

    The committee(s) on EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 01-31-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

29. 2025-01-21

    Referred to EDU, WAM.

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30. 2025-01-16

    Introduced.

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31. 2025-01-16

    Passed First Reading.

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

  2025-01-31 · pass · 4-0

  Member-level votes (5)

  • Kidani: yes
  • Kim: yes
  • Hashimoto: yes
  • DeCorte: yes
  • Kanuha: not voting

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

  2025-02-12 · 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).

  2025-02-27 · pass · 25-0

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

  2025-03-18 · pass · 10-0

  Member-level votes (11)

  • Woodson: yes
  • La Chica: yes
  • Amato: yes
  • Garrett: yes
  • Kapela: yes
  • Kila: yes
  • Olds: yes
  • Sayama: yes
  • Muraoka: yes
  • Souza: yes
  • Evslin: not voting

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

  2025-03-27 · pass · 13-0

  Member-level votes (17)

  • Yamashita: yes
  • Takenouchi: yes
  • Grandinetti: yes
  • Holt: yes
  • Keohokapu-Lee Loy: yes
  • Kitagawa: yes
  • Kusch: yes
  • Lamosao: yes
  • Lee: yes
  • M: yes
  • Miyake: yes
  • Morikawa: yes
  • Templo: yes
  • Reyes Oda: yes
  • Hussey: not voting
  • Alcos: not voting
  • Ward: not voting

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