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Bill RELATING TO EDUCATION. Requires the Department of Education to develop and implement a statewide computer science curricula plan for public school students in K-12 that may include design thinking as part of the curricula and ensure each public high school offers at least 1 computer science course each school year. Authorizes the Department of Education to contract for computer science teacher development programs. Appropriates funds. (HB2607 CD1) us/states/hi Hawaii Legislature 2018 Regular Session HB 2607 Hawaii HB 2607 (2018 Regular Session)
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Hawaii HB 2607 (2018 Regular Session) — RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Requires the Department of Education to develop and implement a statewide computer science curricula plan for public school students in K-12 that may include design thinking as part of the curricula and ensure each public high school offers at least 1 computer science course each school year. Authorizes the Department of Education to contract for computer science teacher development programs. Appropriates funds. (HB2607 CD1)

Version chain

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

  1. HB2607 (committee substitute) — source
  2. HB2607_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. HB2607_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. HB2607_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • The committees on EDB recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 70 (pass) · lower
  • The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 50 (pass) · lower
  • The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 140 (pass) · lower
  • The committees on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 90 (pass) · lower
  • The committees on HED recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 90 (pass) · lower
  • The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 90 (pass) · upper
  • The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 30 (pass) · upper
  • The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 20 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • C. LEE — primary (person)
  • HASHEM — primary (person)
  • ING — primary (person)
  • LOWEN — primary (person)
  • MATSUMOTO — primary (person)
  • NAKASHIMA — primary (person)
  • ONISHI — primary (person)
  • WOODSON — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2018-01-24 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
  • 2018-01-29 Referred to EDN/HED, EDB, FIN, referral sheet 9 referral-committee
  • 2018-01-29 Bill scheduled to be heard by EDN/HED on Wednesday, 01-31-18 2:00PM 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; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ing, McKelvey. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2018-01-31 The committees on HED recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Creagan, Kong, Learmont, Ohno, Onishi, Quinlan, Woodson, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) McKelvey, Ing. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2018-02-06 Reported from EDN/HED (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 90-18) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to EDB.
  • 2018-02-06 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on EDB 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 EDB on Wednesday, 02-14-18 9:30AM in House conference room 309.
  • 2018-02-14 The committees on EDB recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Evans, Keohokalole, Holt, Ichiyama, Johanson, Yamashita, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2018-02-16 Reported from EDB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 685-18), recommending referral to FIN.
  • 2018-02-16 Report adopted; 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).
  • 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. 853-18), 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. 116). 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.
  • 2018-03-12 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
  • 2018-03-14 Reported from EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2942) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
  • 2018-03-14 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
  • 2018-03-14 The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-19-18 11:00AM in conference room 211.
  • 2018-03-19 The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 9 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, English, Galuteria, Inouye, K. Kahele, Kidani, Riviere, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Harimoto, Shimabukuro. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2018-04-06 Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3651) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
  • 2018-04-06 48 Hrs. Notice 04-10-18.
  • 2018-04-10 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). 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. 753) in amended form (SD 2).
  • 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, McKelvey, Evans, Todd Co-Chairs; Ohno, Matsumoto.
  • 2018-04-16 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 609).
  • 2018-04-18 Senate Conferees Appointed: Kidani Chair; Galuteria Co-Chair; Espero.
  • 2018-04-18 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 793).
  • 2018-04-24 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-25-18 2:45PM in conference room 312.
  • 2018-04-25 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, McKelvey, Todd, Ohno, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Evans.
  • 2018-04-25 The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kidani, Galuteria; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Espero. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2018-04-27 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 108-18) 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. 108-18).
  • 2018-04-27 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-18.
  • 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 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 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 051, on 06/21/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1151). executive-signature
  • 2018-06-22 Act 051, 06/21/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1151). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ab10975d-450b-41c2-a5c8-a964665214c8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).