HB 2019 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO EARLY LEARNING.

HB 2019 appropriates funds to the Executive Office on Early Learning to administer financial support for family-child interaction learning programs. The bill directly affects the Executive Office on Early Learning, which will manage the funding, and the early learning programs serving families with young children. This is a funding bill with no policy changes, solely providing resources for existing family-child interaction initiatives.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Mar 2026

House Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 23, 2026 Last action Mar 10, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB2019 → HB2019_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to change the effective date from July 1, 2026, to July 1, 3000, and updated the footer to reflect House District 1 sponsorship. These changes delay the implementation of the funding for family-child interaction programs by over 700 years, effectively nullifying the immediate purpose of the bill, while also updating administrative metadata.

Scope change

The bill's applicability is now deferred indefinitely due to the extreme change in the effective date.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the Act was changed from July 1, 2026, to July 1, 3000, delaying the start of funding by over 700 years.

TECHNICAL

The bill title was updated to include 'HD1', and the sponsor name was changed from Steven Lum to Patrick Comiso.

The footer text was updated to include the new effective date and the district identifier '(HD1)'.

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. 177).

upper

Mar 6, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) 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 (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 502-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 12, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, La Chica, Amato, Evslin, Kapela, Kila, Olds, Muraoka, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Garrett.

lower

Jan 28, 2026

Committee

Referred to EDN, FIN, referral sheet 3

lower

Jan 26, 2026

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 23, 2026

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

18 primary · 0 co-sponsors