RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII PROMISE PROGRAM.
Summary
Provides scholarships for the unmet needs of qualified students at any four-year University of Hawaiʻi campus who meet certain criteria. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Mar 2024
House Passage
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 11, 2024
Last action Mar 7, 2024
Floor votes · House Mar 1, 2024
How they voted
47–1
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 51
Mar 1, 2024
D
Democratic44
95% Yea
R
Republican7
71% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
3
Committee
5
Mar 7, 2024
Committee
Referred to HRE, WAM.
upper
Mar 5, 2024
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 69).
upper
Mar 1, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Quinlan, Woodson excused (3). Transmitted to Senate.
lower
Feb 23, 2024
Lower · Passed
The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 12 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Chun, Kahaloa, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Nishimoto, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Aiu; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Garrett, Kila, Ward.
lower
Feb 14, 2024
Committee
Reported from HET (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 346-24) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
lower
Feb 7, 2024
Lower · Passed
The committee on HET recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Perruso, Kapela, La Chica, Martinez, Matayoshi, M. Mizuno, Quinlan, Todd, Woodson, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Marten.
lower
Jan 24, 2024
Committee
Referred to HET, FIN, referral sheet 1
lower
Jan 17, 2024
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
Jan 11, 2024
Introduced
Prefiled.
lower
16 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Adrian Tam
DDemocratic
P
Amy Perruso
DDemocratic
P
Andrew Garrett
DDemocratic
P
Bert Kobayashi
DDemocratic
P
Cory Chun
DDemocratic
P
Dee Morikawa
DDemocratic
P
Della Belatti
DDemocratic
P
Elle Cochran
RRepublican
P
JK
Jeanné Kapela
DDemocratic
P
Justin Woodson
DDemocratic
P
Linda Ichiyama
DDemocratic
P
Natalia Hussey-Burdick
DDemocratic
P
Nicole Lowen
DDemocratic
P
Rachele Lamosao
DDemocratic
P
Rose Martinez
DDemocratic
P
Terez Amato
DDemocratic
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