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HCR181Introduced in the House

Affirming That The Legislative Intent Of Section 302a-1116, Hawaii Revised Statutes, Is To Authorize The Department Of Education To Create Substantively Temporary Positions Only.

Passed

Introduced by Trish La Chica, District 37

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Official description

Affirming That The Legislative Intent Of Section 302a-1116, Hawaii Revised Statutes, Is To Authorize The Department Of Education To Create Substantively Temporary Positions Only.

Where it stands

Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 757) in amended form (SD 1).

April 24, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

SenateStage: Senate Education: Passed, With Amendments · April 20, 2026

3

Yes

0

No

2

Absent or Not Voting

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

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SenatorDistrictVote
Troy Hashimoto5Yes
Carol Fukunaga11Absent
Donna Kim14Yes
Michelle Kidani18Absent
Samantha DeCorte22Yes

Bill history

  1. Offered

  2. Referred to EDN, FIN, referral sheet 19

  3. Resolution scheduled to be heard by EDN on Tuesday, 03-31-26 2:00PM in conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  4. The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, La Chica, Amato, Evslin, Kapela, Olds; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Garrett, Kila, Muraoka, Souza.

  5. Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1769-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending referral to FIN.

  6. Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

  7. Scheduled for decision making on Tuesday, 04-07-26 10:05AM in conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  8. The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Morikawa.

  9. Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1936-26), recommending adoption.

  10. Adopted with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1).

  11. Transmitted to Senate.

  12. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 586).

  13. Referred to EDU/HWN.

  14. Re-Referred to EDU.

  15. The committee(s) on EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 04-20-26 1:01PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference (Proposed Draft).

  16. The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDU were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kim, Hashimoto, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Kidani, Fukunaga.

  17. Reported from EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3905) with recommendation of adoption, as amended (SD 1).

  18. One Day Notice 04-24-26.

  19. Report and Resolution Adopted, as amended (SD 1). Transmitted to House.

  20. Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 757) in amended form (SD 1).

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