---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO PRIVATE TRADE, VOCATIONAL, AND TECHNICAL SCHOOLS."
description: "Clarifies the scope of the private trade, vocational, and technical school licensure program within the department of education. Establishes a licensing fee to ensure the sustainability of the licensure program. Establishes a license renewal process and fee. Creates the private trade, vocational, and technical school licensure special fund. Appropriates moneys for one full-time equivalent position within the department of education to administer licensing. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 1286"
citation: "Hawaii SB 1286 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Private Trade", "Vocational", "and Technical Schools", "Licensing", "Licensing Fee", "Appropriation ($)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BAKER", "Dela Cruz", "ESPERO", "HARIMOTO", "Inouye", "KEITH-AGARAN", "KIDANI", "Nishihara", "Ruderman", "S. Chang", "Wakai"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 57
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2017-01-25"
last_action: "2017-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61cffb2d-3c91-4f9b-ac24-dc8d962baa15"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1286&year=2017"
source_hash: "317e81147f3a667e6527fa3cbc9be1dd22b39fd736a4edc3c6a742079d68d02d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-hi"]
---

# Hawaii SB 1286 (2017 Regular Session) — RELATING TO PRIVATE TRADE, VOCATIONAL, AND TECHNICAL SCHOOLS.

Clarifies the scope of the private trade, vocational, and technical school licensure program within the department of education. Establishes a licensing fee to ensure the sustainability of the licensure program. Establishes a license renewal process and fee. Creates the private trade, vocational, and technical school licensure special fund. Appropriates moneys for one full-time equivalent position within the department of education to administer licensing. (CD1)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **SB1286** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/SB1286_.HTM)
2. **SB1286_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/SB1286_CD1_.HTM)
3. **SB1286_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/SB1286_HD1_.HTM)
4. **SB1286_HD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/SB1286_HD2_.HTM)
5. **SB1286_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/SB1286_SD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **17–0** (pass) · legislature
- The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- The committees on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). — **25–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- BAKER — primary (person)
- Dela Cruz — primary (person)
- ESPERO — primary (person)
- HARIMOTO — primary (person)
- Inouye — primary (person)
- KEITH-AGARAN — primary (person)
- KIDANI — primary (person)
- Nishihara — primary (person)
- Ruderman — primary (person)
- S. Chang — primary (person)
- Wakai — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-25** Introduced. `introduction`
- **2017-01-27** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2017-01-27** Referred to EDU/CPH, WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-03** The committee(s) on EDU/CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 02-08-17 3:00PM in conference room 229.
- **2017-02-08** The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDU were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kidani, K. Kahele, Dela Cruz; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Espero, Riviere. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-08** The committee(s) on CPH deferred the measure until 02-09-17 10:00AM in conference room 229.
- **2017-02-09** The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPH were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Nishihara, S. Chang, Espero; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) Ihara, Kidani, Ruderman. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-15** Reported from EDU/CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 283) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
- **2017-02-15** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
- **2017-02-27** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-01-17 9:30AM in conference room 211.
- **2017-03-01** 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) Tokuda, Dela Cruz, English, Galuteria, Harimoto, Inouye, K. Kahele, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-03** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 790) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
- **2017-03-03** 48 Hrs. Notice 03-07-17.
- **2017-03-07** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2017-03-07** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 377) in amended form (SD 2). `introduction`
- **2017-03-09** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-09** Referred to EDN, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 27 `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-13** Bill scheduled to be heard by EDN on Wednesday, 03-15-17 2:02PM in House conference room 309.
- **2017-03-15** Broadcast of hearing/briefing available. See: www.capitoltv.org
- **2017-03-15** The committees on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, Har, Hashem, Ing, Ohno, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) McKelvey, Onishi; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Creagan. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-17** Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1130) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
- **2017-03-17** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) McDermott voting no (1) and Representative(s) Ichiyama, McKelvey, Oshiro, Souki excused (4). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-17** Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Wednesday, 03-22-17 2:00PM in House conference room 329.
- **2017-03-22** The committee(s) on CPC recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 03-23-17.
- **2017-03-23** Bill scheduled for decision making on Thursday, 03-23-17 2:05PM in conference room 329.
- **2017-03-23** The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Say, Takayama, Todd, Yamane; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Aquino, Ito, Fukumoto. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-24** Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1355) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
- **2017-03-24** Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) McDermott voting no (1) and Representative(s) Aquino, DeCoite, Har, Ichiyama, C. Lee, Thielen excused (6).
- **2017-04-03** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 04-05-17 2:30PM in House conference room 308.
- **2017-04-05** The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 17 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Cachola, Choy, DeCoite, Gates, Holt, Keohokalole, Kobayashi, LoPresti, Lowen, Nakamura, Tokioka, Quinlan, Yamashita; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Tupola, Ward; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1756), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-11** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) McDermott, Tupola, Ward voting no (3) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2017-04-13** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 580). `introduction`
- **2017-04-13** Senate disagrees with House amendments.
- **2017-04-13** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 677).
- **2017-04-17** House Conferees Appointed: Woodson, Takumi, Lowen Co-Chairs; Ohno, Matsumoto.
- **2017-04-17** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 587).
- **2017-04-18** Senate Conferees Appointed: Kidani Chair; Baker, K. Kahele Co-Chairs; Dela Cruz.
- **2017-04-18** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 681).
- **2017-04-20** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-21-17 2:45PM in conference room 329.
- **2017-04-21** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-17 3:00PM in conference room 329.
- **2017-04-24** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-17 3:00PM in conference room 329.
- **2017-04-25** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-17 3:00PM in conference room 329.
- **2017-04-26** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-27-17 3:00PM in conference room 329.
- **2017-04-27** The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kidani, Baker, K. Kahele, Dela Cruz; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-27** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, Takumi, Lowen, Ohno, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- **2017-04-28** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 97).
- **2017-04-28** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-02-17.
- **2017-04-28** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 97) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2017-04-28** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 05-02-17.
- **2017-05-02** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). 25 Aye(s); Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
- **2017-05-02** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Matsumoto, McDermott, Thielen, Tupola, Ward voting no (5) and Representative(s) Ichiyama excused (1).
- **2017-05-03** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 737).
- **2017-05-04** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 642).
- **2017-05-04** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-12** Act 164, 07/11/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1278). `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-12** Act 164, on 07/11/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1278). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61cffb2d-3c91-4f9b-ac24-dc8d962baa15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).