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Bill RELATING TO EDUCATION. Defines, for the purpose of compulsory education, a private school to be an education institution that teaches kindergarten through grade twelve and that is licensed or accredited by specified licensing or accrediting organizations. Effective 7/1/2020. (CD1) us/states/hi Hawaii Legislature 2019 Regular Session SB 980 Hawaii SB 980 (2019 Regular Session)
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Hawaii SB 980 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Defines, for the purpose of compulsory education, a private school to be an education institution that teaches kindergarten through grade twelve and that is licensed or accredited by specified licensing or accrediting organizations. Effective 7/1/2020. (CD1)

Version chain

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

  1. SB980 (committee substitute) — source
  2. SB980_CD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 30 (pass) · lower
  • The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 50 (pass) · upper
  • The committees on LHE recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 100 (pass) · lower
  • The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 40 (pass) · upper
  • The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 100 (pass) · lower
  • The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 21 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • KIDANI — primary (person)
  • Kanuha — primary (person)
  • S. CHANG — primary (person)
  • Shimabukuro — primary (person)
  • WAKAI — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-01-18 Introduced. introduction
  • 2019-01-22 Passed First Reading. reading-1
  • 2019-01-24 Referred to EDU, JDC. referral-committee
  • 2019-02-01 The committee(s) on EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 02-04-19 2:55PM in conference room 229.
  • 2019-02-04 The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in EDU were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kidani, Kim, Dela Cruz, Kanuha, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-02-08 Reported from EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 134) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to JDC.
  • 2019-02-08 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDC.
  • 2019-02-15 The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-21-19 9:00AM in conference room 016.
  • 2019-02-21 The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Rhoads, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Gabbard; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Kim, Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-02-28 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 809) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
  • 2019-02-28 One Day Notice 03-01-19.
  • 2019-03-01 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Gabbard). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Harimoto). Transmitted to House. passage
  • 2019-03-01 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 22). introduction
  • 2019-03-05 Pass First Reading reading-1
  • 2019-03-07 Referred to LHE, CPC, referral sheet 27 referral-committee
  • 2019-03-12 Bill scheduled to be heard by LHE on Thursday, 03-14-19 2:30PM in House conference room 309.
  • 2019-03-14 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, D. Kobayashi, Ohno, Quinlan, Tarnas, Tokioka, Okimoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Johanson. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-03-21 Reported from LHE (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1540) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
  • 2019-03-21 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC 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
  • 2019-03-22 Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Thursday, 03-28-19 2:00PM in House conference room 329.
  • 2019-03-28 The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Ichiyama, Aquino, Belatti, Cachola, Har, Kong, Mizuno, Onishi, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cabanilla Arakawa. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-04-02 Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1931), recommending passage on Third Reading.
  • 2019-04-02 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Saiki, Todd, Yamane excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. passage
  • 2019-04-03 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 532). introduction
  • 2019-04-03 Deferred One Day 04-04-19.
  • 2019-04-04 Deferred One Day 04-05-19.
  • 2019-04-05 Senate disagrees with House amendments.
  • 2019-04-05 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 685).
  • 2019-04-12 Senate Conferees Appointed: Kidani Chair; K. Rhoads Co-Chair; Kanuha, Fevella.
  • 2019-04-12 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 899).
  • 2019-04-17 House Conferees Appointed: Woodson, Takumi Co-Chairs; Okimoto.
  • 2019-04-18 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 813).
  • 2019-04-18 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-22-19 1:00PM in conference room 329.
  • 2019-04-22 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, Takumi, Okimoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
  • 2019-04-22 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, K. Rhoads, Kanuha, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-04-25 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 24).
  • 2019-04-25 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-19.
  • 2019-04-25 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 24) 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 (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
  • 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).
  • 2019-05-01 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
  • 2019-07-09 Act 227, on 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1329). executive-signature
  • 2019-07-09 Act 227, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1329). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/78d63884-cd9e-4c9b-97fd-374758b3d06b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).