Hawaii bills · 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii SB 2138

RELATING TO THE HAWAII NATIONAL GUARD STATE TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

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

Sponsors

• ELEFANTE (Democratic)
• CHANG (Democratic)
• FUKUNAGA (Democratic)
• MCKELVEY (Democratic)
• RICHARDS (Democratic)

Cosponsors (3)

• Hashimoto (Democratic)
• Inouye (Democratic)
• San Buenaventura (Democratic)

Summary

Text versions

• SB2138
• SB2138_HD1
• SB2138_CD1

Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 14, 2026, 12:15 PM.

Actions

• Jan 14, 2026 · Senate
  Pending Introduction.
• Jan 21, 2026 · Senate
  Introduced and passed First Reading.
• Jan 22, 2026 · Senate
  Referred to PSM/EDU, WAM.
• Feb 10, 2026 · Senate
  The committee(s) on PSM/EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 02-13-26 3:02PM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
• Feb 13, 2026 · Senate
  The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in PSM were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Fukunaga, Lee, C., DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Hashimoto, Inouye.
• Feb 13, 2026 · Senate
  The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in EDU were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kim, Kidani, Fukunaga, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Hashimoto.
• Feb 19, 2026 · Senate
  Reported from PSM/EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2379) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.
• Feb 19, 2026 · Senate
  Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
• Feb 23, 2026 · Senate
  The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-25-26 10:57AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
• Feb 25, 2026 · Senate
  The committee(s) on WAM deferred the measure until 03-03-26 10:15AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
• Mar 3, 2026 · Senate
  The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 12 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Richards, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.
• Mar 5, 2026 · Senate
  Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2858) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
• Mar 5, 2026 · Senate
  One Day Notice 03-06-26.
• Mar 6, 2026 · Senate
  Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Ihara). Transmitted to House.
• Mar 6, 2026 · House
  Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 41).
• Mar 10, 2026 · House
  Pass First Reading
• Mar 10, 2026 · House
  Referred to PBS, HED, FIN, referral sheet 16
• Mar 11, 2026 · House
  Bill scheduled to be heard by PBS on Friday, 03-13-26 9:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• Mar 12, 2026 · House
  This measure has been deleted from the meeting scheduled on Friday 03-13-26 9:00AM in conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• Mar 12, 2026 · House
  Bill scheduled to be heard by PBS on Monday, 03-16-26 9:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• Mar 16, 2026 · House
  The committee on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Iwamoto, Hashem, Morikawa, Poepoe, Woodson, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama.
• Mar 18, 2026 · House
  Reported from PBS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1211-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to HED.
• Mar 18, 2026 · House
  Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on HED with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
• Mar 20, 2026 · House
  Bill scheduled to be heard by HED on Wednesday, 03-25-26 2:10PM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• Mar 25, 2026 · House
  The committee on HED recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Garrett, Amato, Kapela, Kila, La Chica, Olds, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Evslin, Woodson, Muraoka.
• Mar 30, 2026 · House
  Reported from HED (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1496-26), recommending referral to FIN.
• Mar 30, 2026 · House
  Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Lowen, Perruso, Quinlan excused (4).
• Apr 6, 2026 · House
  Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 04-08-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• Apr 8, 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; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
• Apr 10, 2026 · House
  Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2099-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.
• Apr 14, 2026 · House
  Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.
• Apr 16, 2026 · Senate
  Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 629).
• Apr 16, 2026 · Senate
  Senate disagrees with House amendments.
• Apr 16, 2026 · House
  Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 710).
• Apr 21, 2026 · House
  House Conferees Appointed: Belatti, Garrett, Morikawa Co-Chairs; Iwamoto, Souza.
• Apr 21, 2026 · Senate
  Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 800).
• Apr 21, 2026 · Senate
  Senate Conferees Appointed: Fukunaga Chair; Kim, Lee, C. Co-Chairs.
• Apr 22, 2026 · House
  Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 720).
• Apr 22, 2026 · Senate
  Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-23-26 4:00PM; Conference Room 016.
• Apr 23, 2026 · Senate
  Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-26 1:40PM; Conference Room 016.
• Apr 24, 2026 · Senate
  Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-27-26 1:45PM; Conference Room 016.
• Apr 27, 2026 · Senate
  Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-29-26 1:45PM; Conference Room 016.
• Apr 29, 2026 · Senate
  The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Fukunaga, Kim, Lee, C.; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
• Apr 29, 2026 · House
  The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Garrett, Morikawa, Iwamoto, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
• May 1, 2026 · Senate
  Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 98-26).
• May 1, 2026 · Senate
  48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-06-26.
• May 1, 2026 · House
  Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 98-26) as amended in (CD 1).
• May 1, 2026 · House
  Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-06-26.
• May 6, 2026 · Senate
  Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
• May 6, 2026 · House
  Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
• May 6, 2026 · House
  Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 816).
• May 8, 2026 · Senate
  Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888).
• May 8, 2026 · Senate
  Enrolled to Governor.
• May 29, 2026 · Senate
  Act 065, 05/29/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1165).
• May 29, 2026 · House
  Act 065, on 05/29/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1165).