Hawaii bills · 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii HB 626

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

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

Sponsors

• KITAGAWA (Democratic)
• LA CHICA (Democratic)
• LEE
• M.
• LOWEN (Democratic)
• MARTEN (Democratic)
• MATSUMOTO (Republican)
• MIYAKE (Democratic)
• PERRUSO (Democratic)
• POEPOE (Democratic)
• SOUZA (Republican)
• TARNAS (Democratic)
• TODD (Democratic)
• KILA (Democratic)
• WOODSON (Democratic)
• AMATO (Democratic)
• CHUN (Democratic)
• COCHRAN (Republican)
• GARCIA (Republican)
• GRANDINETTI (Democratic)
• HOLT
• KAHALOA (Democratic)

Summary

Text versions

• HB626
• HB626_HD1

Roll-call votes

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

Actions

• Jan 17, 2025 · House
  Pending introduction.
• Jan 21, 2025 · House
  Introduced and Pass First Reading.
• Jan 21, 2025 · House
  Referred to EDN, FIN, referral sheet 2
• Jan 28, 2025 · House
  Bill scheduled to be heard by EDN on Thursday, 01-30-25 2:00PM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• Jan 30, 2025 · 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, Kila, Olds, Sayama, Muraoka, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kapela.
• Feb 5, 2025 · House
  Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 180) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
• Feb 5, 2025 · 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 Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2).
• Dec 8, 2025 · Legislature
  Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.