---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO THE HAWAII TEACHER STANDARDS BOARD."
description: "Increases membership on the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board to include a member of the Native Hawaiian Education Council and a non-voting public university student teacher. Clarifies that a permit is required for non-licensed teachers serving in public schools. (HB2352 CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2018 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2352"
citation: "Hawaii HB 2352 (2018 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hawaii Teacher Standards Board", "Board Permits"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party)"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 47
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-22"
last_action: "2018-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9cf456cc-9dbd-496d-9887-b45fd8006a21"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2352&year=2018"
source_hash: "6cc9a6c3e777a32ee757b36e35bcb23ccd2b7d1aa43d504a8f775faaa2bcb9bb"
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 HB 2352 (2018 Regular Session) — RELATING TO THE HAWAII TEACHER STANDARDS BOARD.

Increases membership on the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board to include a member of the Native Hawaiian Education Council and a non-voting public university student teacher. Clarifies that a permit is required for non-licensed teachers serving in public schools. (HB2352 CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB2352** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/HB2352_.HTM)
2. **HB2352_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/HB2352_CD1_.HTM)
3. **HB2352_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/HB2352_HD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- The committees on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-22** Pending introduction.
- **2018-01-24** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-29** Referred to EDN, FIN, referral sheet 9 `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** Bill scheduled to be heard by EDN on Wednesday, 02-14-18 2:10PM in House conference room 309.
- **2018-02-14** The committees on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, Kong, Creagan, Hashem, Learmont, Ohno, Onishi, Quinlan, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ing, McKelvey. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-16** Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 687-18) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2018-02-16** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite, Ing, Nakamura, Onishi, Woodson excused (5). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 02-27-18 12:00PM in House conference room 308.
- **2018-02-27** The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Cachola, DeCoite, Fukumoto, Gates, Holt, Keohokalole, Nakamura, Todd, Yamashita; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Kobayashi, Lowen, Tupola, Ward. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-02** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 952-18), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-02** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ing, San Buenaventura, Say, Yamane excused (4). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 216). `introduction`
- **2018-03-06** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-03-06** Referred to EDU/HWN/HRE, WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-13** Re-Referred to EDU, WAM.
- **2018-03-13** The committee(s) on EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 03-16-18 2:50PM in conference room 229.
- **2018-03-16** 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, Espero, Kim; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) K. Kahele, Dela Cruz. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** Reported from EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3023) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
- **2018-03-21** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
- **2018-04-04** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-06-18 11:00AM in conference room 211.
- **2018-04-06** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 7 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, English, Kidani, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 4 Excused: Senator(s) Galuteria, Harimoto, Inouye, K. Kahele. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-06** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3696) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
- **2018-04-06** One Day Notice 04-10-18.
- **2018-04-10** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Harimoto). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2018-04-10** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 710) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2018-04-12** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
- **2018-04-13** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 608).
- **2018-04-16** House Conferees Appointed: Woodson, Todd Co-Chairs; Ohno, Matsumoto.
- **2018-04-16** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 609).
- **2018-04-20** Senate Conferees Appointed: Kidani Chair; Galuteria Co-Chair; Kim.
- **2018-04-20** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 804).
- **2018-04-23** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-24-18 2:00PM in conference room 312.
- **2018-04-24** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-18 2:30PM in conference room 312.
- **2018-04-25** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-18 2:00PM in conference room 312.
- **2018-04-26** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, Todd, Ohno, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- **2018-04-26** The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kidani, Galuteria, Kim; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-27** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 106-18) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2018-04-27** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday 05-01-18.
- **2018-04-27** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 106-18).
- **2018-04-27** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-18.
- **2018-05-01** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
- **2018-05-01** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
- **2018-05-01** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 849).
- **2018-05-02** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2018-05-03** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 705).
- **2018-06-21** Act 050, on 06/21/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1150). `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-22** Act 050, 06/21/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1150). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9cf456cc-9dbd-496d-9887-b45fd8006a21`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).