RELATING TO THE HAWAII TEACHER STANDARDS BOARD.
Summary
Clarifies delegation of powers to the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board's Executive Director to timely approve license and permit applications. Clarifies reporting of data from Hawaii Department of Education, Charter School Commission, and Charter Schools, including the number of classrooms without a licensed teacher during the school year. (CD1)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Apr 2019
Senate Passage
Apr 2019
House Passage
Apr 2019
Signed into Law
Jun 2019
Introduced Jan 24, 2019
Signed Jun 12, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Mar 1, 2019 · House Apr 5, 2019
How they voted
24–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 25
Mar 1, 2019
D
Democratic24
95% Yea
R
Republican1
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
44
Key actions
15
Committee
14
Amendments
2
Jun 12, 2019
Signed into law
Act 079, 06/07/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1180).
upper
Jun 12, 2019
Signed into law
Act 079, on 06/07/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1180).
lower
Apr 25, 2019
Lower · Passed
Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 58) as amended in (CD 1).
lower
Apr 25, 2019
Introduced
48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-19.
upper
Apr 25, 2019
Upper · Passed
Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 58).
upper
Apr 24, 2019
Lower · Passed
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, Matayoshi, Hashem, Tarnas, Okimoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
lower
Apr 24, 2019
Upper · Passed
The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kidani, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.
upper
Apr 23, 2019
Lower · Passed
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-24-19 3:15PM in conference room 329.
lower
Apr 22, 2019
Upper · Passed
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-23-19 3:30PM in conference room 329.
upper
Apr 18, 2019
Upper · Passed
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-22-19 1:00PM in conference room 329.
upper
Apr 9, 2019
Introduced
Senate disagrees with House amendments.
upper
Apr 9, 2019
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 693).
upper
Apr 5, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Eli, Mizuno, Nishimoto excused (3). Transmitted to Senate.
lower
Mar 28, 2019
Lower · Passed
The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Holt, Todd.
lower
Mar 21, 2019
Committee
Reported from LHE (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1536) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
lower
Mar 12, 2019
Lower · Passed
The committees on LHE recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, Hashem, Perruso, DeCoite, Johanson, D. Kobayashi, Ohno, Quinlan, Tarnas, Tokioka; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Okimoto.
lower
Mar 7, 2019
Committee
Referred to LHE, FIN, referral sheet 27
lower
Mar 1, 2019
Introduced
Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 24).
lower
Mar 1, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Harimoto). Transmitted to House.
upper
Feb 20, 2019
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in EDU were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kidani, Kanuha, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Kim, Dela Cruz.
upper
Feb 15, 2019
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 02-20-19 3:00PM in conference room 229.
upper
Jan 28, 2019
Committee
Referred to EDU.
upper
Jan 24, 2019
Introduced
Introduced.
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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