HB 1066 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO THE EARLY LEARNING BOARD.

Summary

Adds the head start state collaboration office director as an ex officio, non-voting member of the early learning board, and requires the board to invite the president of the Head Start Association of Hawaii, or the president's designee, to serve as an ex officio, non-voting member of the board. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 21, 2025 Last action Dec 8, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB1066 → HB1066_HD1 · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill was updated to reflect House District Committee 1 (HD1) amendments, changing the effective date of the law from immediate approval to July 1, 3000. The substantive policy content regarding the composition of the Early Learning Board remains the same, adding two new non-voting ex officio members to oversee early learning initiatives.

Scope change

The bill's scope regarding board composition is unchanged, but the applicability timeline has been significantly altered to a future date.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the Act was changed from 'upon approval' to 'July 1, 3000', delaying the implementation of the new board members indefinitely.

TECHNICAL

Metadata and formatting details were updated to reflect the version history, including changes in author names, file paths, and document revision numbers.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House. No roll call record of that vote is available.

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 6, 2025

Committee

Referred to EDU, JDC.

upper

Mar 6, 2025

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 324).

upper

Mar 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Feb 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Todd.

lower

Feb 14, 2025

Committee

Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 753) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

lower

Feb 13, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, La Chica, Amato, Evslin, Garrett, Kapela, Kila, Olds, Sayama, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Muraoka.

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Committee

Referred to EDN, JHA, referral sheet 3

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors