HB 608 Hawaii House · 2021 Regular Session

RELATING TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Summary

Requires the board of education to hold no less than six community forums annually, with at least one forum in each county. Requires the board to include an open forum for public comments on non-agenda items. Requires a report to the legislature on implementing open forums. Eliminates the superintendent of education as a voting member constituting the public employer for the purpose of negotiating a collective bargaining agreement with personnel of the department of education. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2021

Committee Review

Apr 2021

House Passage

Mar 2021

Senate Passage

Apr 2021

Governor

Introduced Jan 22, 2021 Last action Apr 22, 2021

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Apr 22, 2021

Lower · Passed

Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday, 04-22-21 at 5:00 PM in CR 309.

lower

Apr 21, 2021

Lower · Passed

Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-22-21 3:05PM in conference room CR 309.

lower

Apr 20, 2021

Upper · Passed

Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-21-21 4:05PM; CR 309.

upper

Apr 19, 2021

Upper · Passed

Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-20-21 4:00PM; CR 309.

upper

Apr 15, 2021

Introduced

House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

lower

Apr 13, 2021

Introduced

Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 697) in amended form (SD 2).

lower

Apr 13, 2021

Upper · Passed

Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Acasio). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

upper

Mar 30, 2021

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 6 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Keohokalole, Gabbard, Kim, Lee, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Acasio; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Mar 25, 2021

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-30-21 9:50AM; Via Videoconference.

upper

Mar 25, 2021

Committee

Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.

upper

Mar 25, 2021

Committee

Reported from EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1218) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.

upper

Mar 24, 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 23, 2021

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 03-24-21 3:15PM; CR 229 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 22, 2021

Upper · Passed

The committee on EDU deferred the measure.

upper

Mar 17, 2021

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EDU deferred the measure until 03-22-21 3:00PM; CR 229 & Videoconference.

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 11, 2021

Committee

Referred to EDU, JDC.

upper

Mar 11, 2021

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 238).

upper

Mar 9, 2021

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) DeCoite voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Mar 3, 2021

Lower · Passed

The committees on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Nakashima, Matayoshi, Ichiyama, D. Kobayashi, Lowen, McKelvey, Takumi, Todd; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Nakamura; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) LoPresti, Tokioka, Ward.

lower

Feb 17, 2021

Committee

Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 347) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

lower

Feb 9, 2021

Lower · Passed

The committees on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, Kapela, Belatti, DeCoite, Ganaden, Gates, Hashimoto, Takayama, Yamane, Okimoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ohno, Quinlan.

lower

Jan 27, 2021

Committee

Referred to EDN, JHA, referral sheet 1

lower

Jan 25, 2021

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 22, 2021

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

21 primary · 0 co-sponsors