RELATING TO EDUCATION.
Summary
Establishes the Hawaii Teacher Stipend Program to be administered by the Department of Education to address the shortage of teachers in the Hawaii public school system. Creates the Hawaii Teacher Stipend Program Special Fund to provide ongoing funding of stipends to students in the stipend program or successor programs. Appropriates funds. (SB3070 HD1)
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2018
Committee Review
Apr 2018
Senate Passage
Mar 2018
House Passage
Apr 2018
Governor
Introduced Jan 24, 2018
Last action Apr 20, 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
32
Key actions
10
Committee
13
Amendments
1
Apr 20, 2018
Upper · Passed
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-18 1:45PM in conference room 312.
upper
Apr 19, 2018
Upper · Passed
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-20-18 3:30PM in conference room 312.
upper
Apr 5, 2018
Introduced
Senate disagrees with House amendments.
upper
Apr 5, 2018
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 416).
upper
Apr 4, 2018
Lower · Passed
Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Choy, Fukumoto, Holt, C. Lee, McKelvey excused (5). Transmitted to Senate.
lower
Mar 28, 2018
Lower · Passed
The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Cachola, DeCoite, Fukumoto, Gates, Holt, Keohokalole, Kobayashi, Lowen, Nakamura, Todd, Yamashita, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Tupola.
lower
Mar 22, 2018
Committee
Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1275-18) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
lower
Mar 14, 2018
Lower · Passed
The committees on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, Kong, Creagan, Learmont, Ohno, Onishi, Quinlan, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Hashem, Ing, McKelvey.
lower
Mar 8, 2018
Committee
Referred to EDN, FIN, referral sheet 35
lower
Mar 6, 2018
Introduced
Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 409) in amended form (SD 2).
lower
Mar 6, 2018
Upper · Passed
Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
upper
Feb 23, 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, Harimoto, Inouye, K. Kahele, Kidani, Riviere, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Shimabukuro.
upper
Feb 20, 2018
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-23-18 11:00AM in conference room 211.
upper
Feb 13, 2018
Committee
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
upper
Feb 13, 2018
Committee
Reported from EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2280) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
upper
Feb 7, 2018
Upper · Passed
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) Kidani, K. Kahele, Espero, Kim; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Dela Cruz.
upper
Feb 2, 2018
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 02-07-18 2:51PM in conference room 229.
upper
Jan 26, 2018
Committee
Referred to EDU, WAM.
upper
Jan 24, 2018
Introduced
Introduced.
upper
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
BT
Brian T. Taniguchi
DDemocratic
P
CK
Clarence K. Nishihara
DDemocratic
P
GR
Gil Riviere
DDemocratic
P
Glenn Wakai
DDemocratic
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