republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2019-regular-session/sb-1221.md

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Bill	RELATING TO THE HAWAII TEACHER STANDARDS BOARD.	Clarifies delegation of powers to the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board's Executive Director to timely approve license and permit applications. Clarifies reporting of data from Hawaii Department of Education, Charter School Commission, and Charter Schools, including the number of classrooms without a licensed teacher during the school year. (CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2019 Regular Session	SB 1221	Hawaii SB 1221 (2019 Regular Session)	bill	Hawaii Teacher Standards Board Teachers Education Charter School Commission Report Requirements	enacted	KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party)	2	44	5	2019-01-24	2019-06-12	openstates	ocd-bill/c5ee27dc-1444-4756-ab8c-a40232da2028	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1221&year=2019	9b270b4b901ded6318f39301290113f2844df082e28482cea4beaa0e2469744f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii SB 1221 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO THE HAWAII TEACHER STANDARDS BOARD.

Clarifies delegation of powers to the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board's Executive Director to timely approve license and permit applications. Clarifies reporting of data from Hawaii Department of Education, Charter School Commission, and Charter Schools, including the number of classrooms without a licensed teacher during the school year. (CD1)

Version chain

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

1. SB1221 (committee substitute) — source
2. SB1221_CD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committees on LHE recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 5–0 (pass) · lower
• The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 2–0 (pass) · upper
• The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 3–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-24 Introduced. introduction
• 2019-01-24 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2019-01-28 Referred to EDU. referral-committee
• 2019-02-15 The committee(s) on EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 02-20-19 3:00PM in conference room 229.
• 2019-02-20 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, Kanuha, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Kim, Dela Cruz. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-28 Reported from EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 685) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2019-02-28 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading.
• 2019-02-28 One Day Notice 03-01-19.
• 2019-03-01 Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Harimoto). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2019-03-01 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 24). introduction
• 2019-03-05 Pass First Reading reading-1
• 2019-03-07 Referred to LHE, FIN, referral sheet 27 referral-committee
• 2019-03-08 Bill scheduled to be heard by LHE on Tuesday, 03-12-19 2:30PM in House conference room 309.
• 2019-03-12 The committees on LHE recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, Hashem, Perruso, DeCoite, Johanson, D. Kobayashi, Ohno, Quinlan, Tarnas, Tokioka; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Okimoto. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-21 Reported from LHE (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1536) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
• 2019-03-21 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) Belatti, Cabanilla Arakawa, Holt, Tokioka, Yamane excused (5). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2019-03-25 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 03-28-19 3:00PM in House conference room 308.
• 2019-03-28 The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Holt, Todd. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-04 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2092), recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2019-04-04 Deferred one day 04-05-19.
• 2019-04-05 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Eli, Mizuno, Nishimoto excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2019-04-09 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 693). introduction
• 2019-04-09 Senate disagrees with House amendments.
• 2019-04-09 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 885).
• 2019-04-15 House Conferees Appointed: Woodson, Matayoshi Co-Chairs; Hashem, Tarnas, Okimoto.
• 2019-04-15 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 809).
• 2019-04-18 Senate Conferees Appointed: Kidani Chair; Kanuha, Fevella.
• 2019-04-18 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-22-19 1:00PM in conference room 329.
• 2019-04-18 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 918).
• 2019-04-22 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-23-19 3:30PM in conference room 329.
• 2019-04-23 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-24-19 3:15PM in conference room 329.
• 2019-04-24 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, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-24 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, Matayoshi, Hashem, Tarnas, Okimoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
• 2019-04-25 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 58).
• 2019-04-25 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-19.
• 2019-04-25 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 58) as amended in (CD 1).
• 2019-04-25 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-30-19.
• 2019-04-30 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
• 2019-04-30 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
• 2019-05-01 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 968).
• 2019-05-02 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 883).
• 2019-05-06 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2019-06-12 Act 079, on 06/07/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1180). executive-signature
• 2019-06-12 Act 079, 06/07/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1180). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c5ee27dc-1444-4756-ab8c-a40232da2028. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).