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HB 2150 Hawaii House · 2020 Regular Session

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Summary
Requires the DOE to employ at least one full-time equivalent teacher for each grade level that has five or more students in grades kindergarten through six in each public school with a student enrollment of one hundred fifty or less students, excluding charter schools, beginning with the 2020-2021 school year. Appropriates funds. Takes effect on 7/1/2050. (HD1)
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Mar 2020
House Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 21, 2020 Last action Mar 3, 2020
Floor votes · House Feb 27, 2020

How they voted

50–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 51
Feb 27, 2020
D Democratic45
44 Yea 1
97% Yea
R Republican5
5 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
14
Key actions
3
Committee
5
Mar 3, 2020
Committee
Referred to EDU, WAM.
upper
Feb 28, 2020
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 67).
upper
Feb 27, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Okimoto voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cabanilla Arakawa excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.
lower
Feb 24, 2020
Lower · Passed
The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Todd, Wildberger, Yamashita; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) McDermott.
lower
Feb 10, 2020
Committee
Reported from LHE (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 267-20) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
lower
Feb 4, 2020
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, Quinlan, DeCoite, Johanson, D. Kobayashi, Morikawa, Tarnas, Tokioka; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Okimoto; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ohno.
lower
Jan 27, 2020
Committee
Referred to LHE, FIN, referral sheet 5
lower
Jan 23, 2020
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
Jan 21, 2020
Introduced
Pending introduction.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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