HB 1811 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO EDUCATOR STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENT.

Summary

Establishes the Educator Student Loan Repayment Program to provide for the repayment of qualified student loans for certain educators in the State. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Mar 2026

House Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 22, 2026 Last action Mar 10, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB1811 → HB1811_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to streamline the educator loan repayment program by consolidating two separate disbursements into a single payment of up to $25,000 after five years of service. Additionally, the effective date was changed from July 1, 2026, to July 1, 3000, likely as a placeholder or error, and minor formatting corrections were applied to the title and purpose statements.

Scope change

The program's structure was simplified by removing the second disbursement tier, reducing the total potential benefit from $45,000 to $25,000 per educator.

FISCAL

The repayment amount structure was changed from a two-tier system ($20,000 after five years and $25,000 after seven years) to a single tier of up to $25,000 after five years.

TIMELINE

The effective date was altered from July 1, 2026, to July 1, 3000, which appears to be a significant error or placeholder requiring immediate attention.

TECHNICAL

Minor formatting and capitalization corrections were made to the bill title, purpose statement, and section headers.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 10, 2026

Committee

Referred to EDU, WAM.

upper

Mar 10, 2026

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 160).

upper

Mar 6, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Perruso, Sayama excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Mar 3, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

lower

Feb 19, 2026

Committee

Reported from EDN/HED (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 505-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 10, 2026

Lower · Passed

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

lower

Feb 10, 2026

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, Muraoka, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Jan 30, 2026

Committee

Re-referred to EDN/HED, FIN, referral sheet 5

lower

Jan 26, 2026

Committee

Referred to EDN, FIN, referral sheet 1

lower

Jan 23, 2026

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 22, 2026

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

24 primary · 0 co-sponsors