HB 1078 Hawaii House · 2021 Regular Session

RELATING TO THE HAWAII SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND BLIND.

Summary

Requires the department of education to develop a plan to transition the Hawaii School for the Deaf and Blind to a conversion charter school. Requires a conversion charter school to enroll a student if the student's individualized education program prescribes that the charter school provides support for blind, deaf, or hard of hearing students. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2021

Committee Review

Mar 2021

House Passage

Mar 2021

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 26, 2021 Last action Mar 17, 2021

Floor votes · House Mar 5, 2021

How they voted

50–0

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 51

Mar 5, 2021

D Democratic46

45 Yea 1

97% Yea

R Republican4

4 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 17, 2021

Committee

Re-Referred to EDU, WAM/JDC.

upper

Mar 9, 2021

Committee

Referred to EDU, JDC.

upper

Mar 9, 2021

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 157).

upper

Mar 5, 2021

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) McKelvey excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Mar 2, 2021

Lower · Passed

The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Branco, Eli, Holt, Ilagan, B. Kobayashi, Marten, Nishimoto, Sayama, Tam, Wildberger, Yamashita; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Perruso, McDermott.

lower

Feb 19, 2021

Committee

Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 479) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 16, 2021

Lower · Passed

The committees on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, Kapela, Belatti, DeCoite, Ganaden, Gates, Hashimoto, Quinlan, Takayama, Yamane, Okimoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ohno.

lower

Feb 10, 2021

Committee

Re-referred to EDN, FIN, referral sheet 9

lower

Feb 1, 2021

Committee

Referred to HHH, EDN, FIN, referral sheet 3

lower

Jan 27, 2021

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.