Hawaii bills · 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii HB 1780

RELATING TO STUDENT TRANSPORTATION.

1. Introduced
2. In committee
3. Passed House
4. Passed Senate
5. To Governor
6. Became law

Sponsors

• LA CHICA (Democratic)
• AMATO (Democratic)
• EVSLIN (Democratic)
• GRANDINETTI (Democratic)
• ILAGAN (Democratic)
• KAPELA (Democratic)
• KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY (Democratic)
• KILA (Democratic)
• KUSCH (Democratic)
• LOWEN (Democratic)
• MARTEN (Democratic)
• MATAYOSHI (Democratic)
• MATSUMOTO (Republican)
• MORIKAWA (Democratic)
• OLDS (Democratic)
• PERRUSO (Democratic)
• POEPOE (Democratic)
• QUINLAN (Democratic)
• REYES ODA (Republican)
• SHIMIZU (Republican)
• SOUZA (Republican)
• TAKAYAMA (Democratic)
• TAKENOUCHI (Democratic)
• TAM (Democratic)
• TODD (Democratic)

Summary

Text versions

• HB1780
• HB1780_HD1
• HB1780_SD1

Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 16, 2026, 4:04 AM.

Actions

• Jan 21, 2026 · House
  Pending introduction.
• Jan 22, 2026 · House
  Introduced and Pass First Reading.
• Jan 26, 2026 · House
  Referred to EDN, FIN, referral sheet 1
• Feb 10, 2026 · House
  Bill scheduled to be heard by EDN on Thursday, 02-12-26 2:00PM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• Feb 12, 2026 · House
  The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, La Chica, Amato, Evslin, Kapela, Kila, Olds, Muraoka, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Garrett.
• Feb 19, 2026 · House
  Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 491-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
• Feb 19, 2026 · House
  Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
• Feb 27, 2026 · House
  Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 03-03-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• Mar 3, 2026 · House
  The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
• Mar 6, 2026 · House
  Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 947-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.
• Mar 6, 2026 · House
  Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Perruso, Sayama excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.
• Mar 10, 2026 · Senate
  Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 155).
• Mar 10, 2026 · Senate
  Passed First Reading.
• Mar 10, 2026 · Senate
  Referred to EDU, WAM.
• Mar 16, 2026 · Senate
  The committee(s) on EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 03-18-26 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
• Mar 18, 2026 · Senate
  The committee(s) on EDU deferred the measure until 03-23-26 1:10PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
• Mar 23, 2026 · Senate
  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) Kim, Kidani, Hashimoto, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fukunaga.
• Mar 30, 2026 · Senate
  Reported from EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3385) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
• Mar 30, 2026 · Senate
  Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.