URGING THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO REDUCE THE USE OF STANDARDIZED TESTING IN HAWAII'S PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM.
Bill status
in committee
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Mar 2021
House Passage
Mar 2021
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 4, 2021
Last action Mar 23, 2021
Floor votes · House Mar 23, 2021
How they voted
50–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 51
Mar 23, 2021
D
Democratic46
100% Yea
R
Republican4
75% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
10
Key actions
3
Committee
5
Mar 23, 2021
Committee
Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 1 with Representative(s) Okimoto voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) McDermott excused (1).
lower
Mar 23, 2021
Committee
Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1177) as amended in HD 1, recommending referral to FIN.
lower
Mar 23, 2021
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (50-0-1)
house
Mar 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; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Okimoto; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ohno.
lower
Mar 11, 2021
Lower · Passed
The committee(s) on EDN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.
lower
Mar 4, 2021
Committee
Referred to EDN, FIN, referral sheet 19
lower
Mar 4, 2021
Introduced
Offered
lower
6 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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