RELATING TO TEACHER COMPENSATION.
Summary
Provides automatic step increases in salaries for each year of satisfactory service completed by educational assistants, public school teachers, and principals and vice principals and increases the amount of time available to teachers for collaboration, preparation, and planning. Appropriates funds for the automatic step increases and increase of time for teachers to collaborate and plan. Appropriates funds for various teacher differentials to help address labor shortages in the areas of special education, hard-to-staff geographic locations, and Hawaiian language immersion programs. Effective 7/1/2050 (HD1)
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Apr 2022
Senate Passage
Mar 2022
House Passage
Apr 2022
Governor
Introduced Jan 21, 2022
Last action Apr 20, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Mar 8, 2022 · House Apr 7, 2022
How they voted
24–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 25
Mar 8, 2022
D
Democratic24
100% Yea
R
Republican1
0% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
34
Key actions
9
Committee
14
Amendments
1
Apr 8, 2022
Introduced
Senate disagrees with House amendments.
upper
Apr 8, 2022
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 484).
upper
Apr 7, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Costales, D. Kobayashi, Lowen excused (3). Transmitted to Senate.
lower
Apr 1, 2022
Lower · Passed
The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 12 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Yamashita, Branco, Eli, Ilagan, B. Kobayashi, Marten, Nishimoto, Perruso, Sayama, Tam, Todd; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Holt, Wildberger, McDermott.
lower
Mar 24, 2022
Committee
Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ohno excused (1).
lower
Mar 24, 2022
Committee
Reported from LAT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1397-22) as amended in HD 1, recommending referral to FIN.
lower
Mar 22, 2022
Lower · Passed
The committees on LAT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Onishi, Sayama, Belatti, D. Kobayashi, Quinlan, Takayama, Okimoto; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Holt; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
lower
Mar 18, 2022
Committee
Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1156-22), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to LAT.
lower
Mar 17, 2022
Lower · Passed
The committees on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, Kapela, Belatti, Clark, Costales, Ganaden, Gates, Hashimoto, Quinlan, Takayama, Yamane; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ohno, Okimoto.
lower
Mar 10, 2022
Committee
Referred to EDN, LAT, FIN, referral sheet 24
lower
Mar 8, 2022
Introduced
Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 349) in amended form (SD 2).
lower
Mar 8, 2022
Upper · Passed
Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Fevella). Transmitted to House.
upper
Feb 18, 2022
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 11 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Misalucha, Moriwaki, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
upper
Feb 16, 2022
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-18-22 10:10AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
upper
Feb 2, 2022
Committee
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
upper
Feb 2, 2022
Committee
Reported from EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2033) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
upper
Jan 28, 2022
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDU were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kidani, Kim, Dela Cruz, Kanuha, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
upper
Jan 25, 2022
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 01-28-22 3:00PM; CR 229 & Videoconference.
upper
Jan 24, 2022
Committee
Referred to EDU, WAM.
upper
Jan 21, 2022
Introduced
Introduced.
upper
12 primary · 4 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
BE
Bennette E. Misalucha
DDemocratic
P
Chris Lee
DDemocratic
P
Dru Kanuha
DDemocratic
P
Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran
DDemocratic
P
Jarrett Keohokalole
DDemocratic
P
Karl Rhoads
DDemocratic
P
Kurt Fevella
RRepublican
P
LA
Laura Acasio
DDemocratic
P
Lynn DeCoite
DDemocratic
P
Maile Shimabukuro
DDemocratic
P
Michelle Kidani
DDemocratic
P
Stanley Chang
DDemocratic
Co
Donovan Dela Cruz
DDemocratic
Co
GR
Gil Riviere
DDemocratic
Co
Glenn Wakai
DDemocratic
Co
RH
Rosalyn H. Baker
DDemocratic
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