Hawaii bills · 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii HB 2168

RELATING TO THE EDUCATION OF STUDENTS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

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

Sponsors

• OLDS (Democratic)
• ALCOS (Republican)
• AMATO (Democratic)
• BELATTI (Democratic)
• COCHRAN (Republican)
• EVSLIN (Democratic)
• GRANDINETTI (Democratic)
• HUSSEY (Democratic)
• ILAGAN (Democratic)
• IWAMOTO (Democratic)
• KILA (Democratic)
• KITAGAWA (Democratic)
• KUSCH (Democratic)
• LEE
• M.
• LOWEN (Democratic)
• MARTEN (Democratic)
• MATAYOSHI (Democratic)
• MIYAKE (Democratic)
• MORIKAWA (Democratic)
• POEPOE (Democratic)
• QUINLAN (Democratic)
• REYES ODA (Republican)
• SAYAMA (Democratic)
• SOUZA (Republican)
• TAKAYAMA (Democratic)
• TAKENOUCHI (Democratic)
• TAM (Democratic)
• TARNAS (Democratic)
• TEMPLO (Democratic)
• WOODSON (Democratic)

Summary

Text versions

• HB2168
• HB2168_HD2
• HB2168_HD1

Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 8:04 PM.

Actions

• Jan 26, 2026 · House
  Pending introduction.
• Jan 28, 2026 · House
  Introduced and Pass First Reading.
• Jan 30, 2026 · House
  Referred to EDN, HSH, FIN, referral sheet 5
• Feb 3, 2026 · House
  Bill scheduled to be heard by EDN on Thursday, 02-05-26 2:00PM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• Feb 5, 2026 · House
  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, Evslin, Garrett, Kapela, Kila, Olds, Souza; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Muraoka; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
• Feb 9, 2026 · House
  Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 77-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to HSH.
• Feb 10, 2026 · House
  Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on HSH with Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
• Feb 12, 2026 · House
  Bill scheduled to be heard by HSH on Tuesday, 02-17-26 9:30AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• Feb 17, 2026 · House
  The committee on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Marten, Olds, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Takayama, Takenouchi, Alcos, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Amato, Hartsfield.
• Feb 20, 2026 · House
  Reported from HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 605-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
• Feb 20, 2026 · House
  Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka, Pierick voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1).
• 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. 946-26), 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. 190).
• Mar 10, 2026 · Senate
  Passed First Reading.
• Mar 10, 2026 · Senate
  Referred to EDU, WAM.