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HB1893Introduced in the House

Relating To Education.

EngrossedSenate Ways and Means

Introduced by Justin Woodson, District 9

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Clarifies that public charter school teachers are eligible for incentives under the Teacher National Board Certification Incentive Program. Effective 7/31/2055. (SD1)

Where it stands

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

March 30, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

SenateStage: Senate Education: Passed, With Amendments · March 23, 2026

4

Yes

0

No

1

Absent or Not Voting

5 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
Troy Hashimoto5Yes
Carol Fukunaga11Absent
Donna Kim14Yes
Michelle Kidani18Yes
Samantha DeCorte22Yes

Bill history

  1. Pending introduction.

  2. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

  3. Referred to EDN, LAB, FIN, referral sheet 2

  4. Bill scheduled to be heard by EDN on Tuesday, 02-03-26 2:00PM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  5. 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, Muraoka, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

  6. Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 23-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to LAB.

  7. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on LAB with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Woodson excused (1).

  8. Bill scheduled to be heard by LAB on Thursday, 02-12-26 9:30AM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  9. The committee on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Sayama, Lee, M., Garrett, Kapela, Kong, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

  10. Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 479-26), recommending referral to FIN.

  11. Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

  12. Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 03-03-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  13. The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. 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.

  14. Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1034-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.

  15. Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-10-26.

  16. Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Kong, Pierick excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

  17. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 315).

  18. Passed First Reading.

  19. Referred to EDU, WAM.

  20. The committee(s) on EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 03-18-26 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  21. The committee(s) on EDU deferred the measure until 03-23-26 1:10PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  22. 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.

  23. Reported from EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3383) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

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

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