HB 2117 Hawaii House · 2018 Regular Session

RELATING TO STANDARDIZED TESTING.

Summary

Limits the number of standardized tests students take in a school year. Requires the Board of Education to conduct a statewide survey of school administrators and teachers to determine the time spent on preparing for standardized tests and the impact of preparation time on the quality of instruction. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2018

Committee Review

Mar 2018

House Passage

Mar 2018

Senate Passage

Apr 2018

Governor

Introduced Jan 19, 2018 Last action Apr 16, 2018

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Apr 12, 2018

Introduced

House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

lower

Apr 10, 2018

Introduced

Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 670) in amended form (SD 1).

lower

Apr 10, 2018

Upper · Passed

Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Harimoto). Transmitted to House.

upper

Mar 29, 2018

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 10 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, English, Galuteria, Inouye, K. Kahele, Kidani, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Harimoto.

upper

Mar 27, 2018

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-29-18 10:50AM in conference room 211.

upper

Mar 23, 2018

Committee

Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.

upper

Mar 23, 2018

Committee

Reported from EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3191) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.

upper

Mar 22, 2018

Upper · Passed

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) Kidani, K. Kahele, Espero, Kim; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Dela Cruz.

upper

Mar 21, 2018

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EDU deferred the measure until 03-22-18 2:00PM in conference room 225.

upper

Mar 16, 2018

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 03-21-18 3:10PM in conference room 229.

upper

Mar 9, 2018

Committee

Re-Referred to EDU, WAM.

upper

Mar 6, 2018

Committee

Referred to EDU/LBR, WAM.

upper

Mar 6, 2018

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 187).

upper

Mar 2, 2018

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ing, San Buenaventura, Say, Yamane excused (4). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Feb 22, 2018

Lower · Passed

The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Cachola, DeCoite, Fukumoto, Gates, Holt, Kobayashi, Lowen, Nakamura, Todd, Yamashita, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Keohokalole, Tupola.

lower

Feb 15, 2018

Committee

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) DeCoite, Ing, McDermott, Nakamura, Souki, Todd excused (6).

lower

Feb 15, 2018

Committee

Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 526-18) as amended in HD 1, recommending referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 12, 2018

Lower · Passed

The committees on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, Kong, Creagan, Hashem, Learmont, McKelvey, Ohno, Quinlan, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Onishi; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ing.

lower

Feb 6, 2018

Committee

Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 77-18), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to EDN.

lower

Feb 1, 2018

Lower · Passed

The committees on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Holt, Evans, Ichiyama, Keohokalole, Yamashita, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Jan 26, 2018

Committee

Referred to LAB, EDN, FIN, referral sheet 7

lower

Jan 22, 2018

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 19, 2018

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors