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Bill RELATING TO PRESCHOOLS. Makes housekeeping amendments to remove preschools from the Superintendent's scope of authority and to clarify that the Executive Office on Early Learning Director may authorize preschool personnel access to a student's immunization registry information. Requires the DOE to administer special education and Title I funded programs at the prekindergarten level. (SD1) us/states/hi Hawaii Legislature 2018 Regular Session HB 2507 Hawaii HB 2507 (2018 Regular Session)
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DOE
Executive Office on Early Learning
Housekeeping
Preschools
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AQUINO
BROWER
C. LEE
Creagan
MORIKAWA
NISHIMOTO
OHNO
Onishi
QUINLAN
San Buenaventura
TAKUMI
Todd
WOODSON
Yamashita
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Hawaii HB 2507 (2018 Regular Session) — RELATING TO PRESCHOOLS.

Makes housekeeping amendments to remove preschools from the Superintendent's scope of authority and to clarify that the Executive Office on Early Learning Director may authorize preschool personnel access to a student's immunization registry information. Requires the DOE to administer special education and Title I funded programs at the prekindergarten level. (SD1)

Version chain

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

  1. HB2507 (committee substitute) — source
  2. HB2507_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. HB2507_HD2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 40 (pass) · upper
  • The committees on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 90 (pass) · lower
  • The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 30 (pass) · upper
  • The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 140 (pass) · lower
  • The committees on HHS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 40 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • AQUINO — primary (person)
  • BROWER — primary (person)
  • C. LEE — primary (person)
  • Creagan — primary (person)
  • MORIKAWA — primary (person)
  • NISHIMOTO — primary (person)
  • OHNO — primary (person)
  • Onishi — primary (person)
  • QUINLAN — primary (person)
  • San Buenaventura — primary (person)
  • TAKUMI — primary (person)
  • Todd — primary (person)
  • WOODSON — primary (person)
  • Yamashita — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2018-01-23 Pending introduction.
  • 2018-01-24 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
  • 2018-01-29 Referred to EDN, HHS, FIN, referral sheet 9 referral-committee
  • 2018-01-29 Bill scheduled to be heard by EDN on Wednesday, 01-31-18 2:05PM in House conference room 309.
  • 2018-01-31 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; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ing, McKelvey. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2018-02-06 Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 93-18) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to HHS.
  • 2018-02-06 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on HHS with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Har, Kong, Souki excused (3). reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2018-02-09 Bill scheduled to be heard by HHS on Tuesday, 02-13-18 10:15AM in House conference room 329.
  • 2018-02-13 The committees on HHS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Mizuno, Kobayashi, Learmont, Tupola; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2018-02-15 Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 529-18) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
  • 2018-02-15 Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite, Ing, McDermott, Nakamura, Souki, Todd excused (6).
  • 2018-02-20 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 02-22-18 12:30PM in House conference room 308.
  • 2018-02-22 The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Cachola, DeCoite, Fukumoto, Gates, Holt, Keohokalole, Kobayashi, Lowen, Nakamura, Todd, Yamashita, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Tupola. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2018-03-01 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 852-18), recommending passage on Third Reading.
  • 2018-03-01 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) McKelvey, Yamane excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. passage
  • 2018-03-02 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 108). introduction
  • 2018-03-02 Passed First Reading. reading-1
  • 2018-03-08 Referred to EDU, WAM. referral-committee
  • 2018-03-09 The committee(s) on EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 03-12-18 2:45PM in conference room 229.
  • 2018-03-09 Re-Referred to EDU.
  • 2018-03-12 The committee(s) on EDU deferred the measure until 03-16-18 2:45PM in conference room 229.
  • 2018-03-16 The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. 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 The committee on EDU will reconsider its previous decision on 03-16-18 and will hold a public decision making on 03-28-18 2:51PM in conference room 229.
  • 2018-03-28 The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDU were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kidani, Dela Cruz, Espero, Kim; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) K. Kahele. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2018-04-03 Reported from EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3384) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
  • 2018-04-03 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
  • 2018-04-03 48 Hrs. Notice 04-05-18.
  • 2018-04-05 Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 3 (Senator(s) Harimoto, Inouye, Ruderman). Transmitted to House. passage
  • 2018-04-05 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 490) in amended form (SD 1).
  • 2018-04-06 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
  • 2018-04-10 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 490).
  • 2018-04-16 House Conferees Appointed: Woodson, Mizuno, Todd Co-Chairs; Matsumoto.
  • 2018-04-16 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 609).
  • 2018-04-19 House Conferee(s) discharged.
  • 2018-04-19 Reconsideration of action taken on 04-06-18.
  • 2018-04-20 Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 627).
  • 2018-04-20 Received notice of change in conferees (Hse. Com. No. 629).
  • 2018-04-20 House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
  • 2018-04-20 Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ing excused (1).
  • 2018-04-23 Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 633).
  • 2018-04-20 Transmitted to Governor.
  • 2018-06-25 Notice of Intent to veto dated 06-25-18 (Gov. Msg. No. 1155)
  • 2018-06-25 Notice of intent to veto (Gov. Msg. No. 1155)
  • 2018-07-11 Act 175, 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1284). executive-signature
  • 2018-07-11 Act 175, on 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1284). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/45f29226-780a-4408-9dc3-d339fbc7fc17. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).