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SR153Introduced 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 Hawaiian Affairs: Passed, With Amendments · April 8, 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.

See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
Tim Richards4Yes
Les Ihara10Absent
Rachele Fernandez Lamosao19Yes
Samantha DeCorte22Yes
Jarrett Keohokalole24Absent

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. 3603) with recommendation of adoption, as amended (SD 1).

  7. One Day Notice 04-09-26.

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

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

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