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SCR162Introduced in the Senate

Requesting The Department Of Education To Convene A Shared Decision Making Committee To Develop An Action Plan To Establish A K-12 Kaiapuni School In Kapolei.

Passed

Introduced by Mike Gabbard, District 21

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Official description

Requesting The Department Of Education To Convene A Shared Decision Making Committee To Develop An Action Plan To Establish A K-12 Kaiapuni School In Kapolei.

Where it stands

Certified copies of resolutions sent, 05-12-26.

May 12, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

SenateStage: Senate Education: Passed, With Amendments · April 8, 2026

5

Yes

0

No

0

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 Fukunaga11Yes
Donna Kim14Yes
Michelle Kidani18Yes
Samantha DeCorte22Yes

Bill history

  1. Offered.

  2. Referred to EDU/HWN.

  3. The committee(s) on EDU/HWN has scheduled a public hearing on 04-08-26 1:01PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  4. The committee(s) on HWN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HWN were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Richards, Lamosao, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Ihara, Keohokalole.

  5. The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDU were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kim, Kidani, Fukunaga, Hashimoto, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

  6. Reported from EDU/HWN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3602) with recommendation of adoption, as amended (SD 1).

  7. One Day Notice 04-09-26.

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

  9. Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 491) in amended form (SD 1).

  10. Referred to EDN, FIN, referral sheet 28

  11. Resolution scheduled to be heard by EDN on Thursday, 04-16-26 2:05PM in conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  12. The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, La Chica, Amato, Evslin, Garrett, Olds, Muraoka, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Kapela, Kila.

  13. Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2212-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending referral to FIN.

  14. 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 Representative(s) Alcos, Cochran, Woodson excused (3).

  15. Scheduled for decision making on Thursday, 04-23-26 10:00AM in conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  16. The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Ratcliffe, Templo, Yamashita, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Morikawa, Perruso, Alcos.

  17. Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2267-26), recommending adoption.

  18. Adopted with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

  19. Transmitted to Senate.

  20. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 868).

  21. Senate disagrees with House amendments.

  22. Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 784).

  23. Reconsideration of action taken on 04-28-26 in disagreeing to the House amendments.

  24. Senate agrees with House amendments. Placed on the calendar for Final Adoption on 05-01-26.

  25. One Day Notice 05-01-26

  26. Received notice of reconsideration and Senate agreement (Sen. Com. No. 807).

  27. Resolution adopted in final form.

  28. Received notice of Adoption (Sen. Com. No. 813).

  29. Certified copies of resolutions sent, 05-12-26.

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