RELATING TO EARLY LEARNING.
Summary
Establishes an early childhood educator stipend program to be administered by the executive office on early learning to address the shortage of qualified early childhood educators in Hawaii. Requires stipend fund repayments for the early childhood educator stipend program to be deposited into the early learning special fund. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Mar 2021
House Passage
Mar 2021
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 27, 2021
Last action Mar 25, 2021
Floor votes · House Mar 4, 2021
How they voted
50–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 51
Mar 4, 2021
D
Democratic46
97% Yea
R
Republican4
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
5
Committee
9
Mar 25, 2021
Committee
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
upper
Mar 25, 2021
Committee
Reported from EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1121) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
upper
Mar 17, 2021
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, Kim, Kanuha, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Dela Cruz.
upper
Mar 12, 2021
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 03-17-21 3:20PM; CR 229 & Videoconference.
upper
Mar 9, 2021
Committee
Referred to EDU, WAM.
upper
Mar 5, 2021
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 104).
upper
Mar 4, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Takumi excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.
lower
Feb 24, 2021
Lower · Passed
The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Branco, Eli, Holt, Ilagan, B. Kobayashi, Marten, Nishimoto, Perruso, Sayama, Tam, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
lower
Feb 18, 2021
Committee
Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 468) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
lower
Feb 11, 2021
Lower · Passed
The committees on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, Kapela, DeCoite, Ganaden, Gates, Hashimoto, Yamane, Okimoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Ohno, Quinlan, Takayama.
lower
Feb 1, 2021
Committee
Referred to EDN, FIN, referral sheet 3
lower
Jan 27, 2021
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
JK
Jeanné Kapela
DDemocratic
P
Justin Woodson
DDemocratic
P
Linda Ichiyama
DDemocratic
P
Troy Hashimoto
DDemocratic
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