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Bill	RELATING TO ACCESS TO LEARNING.	Requires parents or guardians of public school and charter school kindergarten students to disclose information on the student's prior child care program or prekindergarten attendance, if any, for the purpose of determining areas having the highest need for prekindergarten and child care programs. Requires assessment of public school and charter school kindergarten students. Removes public charter school prekindergarten programs from the administrative authority of the Executive Office on Early Learning. Establishes that the State Public Charter School Commission has administrative authority over all state-funded early learning programs in public charter schools. Establishes the preschool open doors special fund. Expands Preschool Open Doors Program eligibility from 4-year-old children to all children who are 3 to 4 years old who are in the 2 years prior to kindergarten entry. Requires annual reporting regarding the revenues and expenditures of the early learning special fund. Establishes a program for Department of Human Services to award grants for preschools. Authorizes positions for the Preschool Open Doors Program. Appropriates funds for Department of Human Services to expand its information technology system for the purpose of managing information on prekindergarten attendance and child care need and to contract for and operate preschool and child care programs. Establishes the goal of providing all children who are 3 to 4 years old who are in the 2 years prior to kindergarten entry with enrollment in a preschool program by the year 2032. Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii for building classrooms for Hawaiian language immersion pre-kindergarten programs. Appropriates funds for building early learning services classrooms on public library property. (SD2)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2020 Regular Session	HB 2543	Hawaii HB 2543 (2020 Regular Session)	bill	DHS DOE Preschool Open Doors Program Executive Office on Early Learning Appropriation ($)	enacted	AQUINO B. KOBAYASHI BELATTI BROWER C. LEE CABANILLA ARAKAWA CACHOLA CREAGAN CULLEN D. KOBAYASHI DECOITE ELI GATES HAR HASHEM HASHIMOTO HOLT ICHIYAMA JOHANSON KITAGAWA KONG LOWEN LUKE MATAYOSHI MCKELVEY MIZUNO MORIKAWA NAKAMURA NAKASHIMA NISHIMOTO OHNO ONISHI QUINLAN SAIKI SAN BUENAVENTURA SAY TAKAYAMA TARNAS TODD TOKIOKA WOODSON YAMANE YAMASHITA	5	33	4	2020-01-23	2020-09-15	openstates	ocd-bill/f20308cc-309b-4dc7-9cdf-88f402d39c12	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2543&year=2020	083745ce053122b93c73b678fdff72ef9b139925b64ac705efd1167cba188ef7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 2543 (2020 Regular Session) — RELATING TO ACCESS TO LEARNING.

Requires parents or guardians of public school and charter school kindergarten students to disclose information on the student's prior child care program or prekindergarten attendance, if any, for the purpose of determining areas having the highest need for prekindergarten and child care programs. Requires assessment of public school and charter school kindergarten students. Removes public charter school prekindergarten programs from the administrative authority of the Executive Office on Early Learning. Establishes that the State Public Charter School Commission has administrative authority over all state-funded early learning programs in public charter schools. Establishes the preschool open doors special fund. Expands Preschool Open Doors Program eligibility from 4-year-old children to all children who are 3 to 4 years old who are in the 2 years prior to kindergarten entry. Requires annual reporting regarding the revenues and expenditures of the early learning special fund. Establishes a program for Department of Human Services to award grants for preschools. Authorizes positions for the Preschool Open Doors Program. Appropriates funds for Department of Human Services to expand its information technology system for the purpose of managing information on prekindergarten attendance and child care need and to contract for and operate preschool and child care programs. Establishes the goal of providing all children who are 3 to 4 years old who are in the 2 years prior to kindergarten entry with enrollment in a preschool program by the year 2032. Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii for building classrooms for Hawaiian language immersion pre-kindergarten programs. Appropriates funds for building early learning services classrooms on public library property. (SD2)

Version chain

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

1. HB2543 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB2543_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB2543_HD1_PROPOSED (committee substitute) — source
4. HB2543_SD1 (committee substitute) — source
5. HB2543_SD2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• The committees on LHE recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 9–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• AQUINO — primary (person)
• B. KOBAYASHI — primary (person)
• BELATTI — primary (person)
• BROWER — primary (person)
• C. LEE — primary (person)
• CABANILLA ARAKAWA — primary (person)
• CACHOLA — primary (person)
• CREAGAN — primary (person)
• CULLEN — primary (person)
• D. KOBAYASHI — primary (person)
• DECOITE — primary (person)
• ELI — primary (person)
• GATES — primary (person)
• HAR — primary (person)
• HASHEM — primary (person)
• HASHIMOTO — primary (person)
• HOLT — primary (person)
• ICHIYAMA — primary (person)
• JOHANSON — primary (person)
• KITAGAWA — primary (person)
• KONG — primary (person)
• LOWEN — primary (person)
• LUKE — primary (person)
• MATAYOSHI — primary (person)
• MCKELVEY — primary (person)
• MIZUNO — primary (person)
• MORIKAWA — primary (person)
• NAKAMURA — primary (person)
• NAKASHIMA — primary (person)
• NISHIMOTO — primary (person)
• OHNO — primary (person)
• ONISHI — primary (person)
• QUINLAN — primary (person)
• SAIKI — primary (person)
• SAN BUENAVENTURA — primary (person)
• SAY — primary (person)
• TAKAYAMA — primary (person)
• TARNAS — primary (person)
• TODD — primary (person)
• TOKIOKA — primary (person)
• WOODSON — primary (person)
• YAMANE — primary (person)
• YAMASHITA — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-23 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
• 2020-01-27 Referred to LHE/FIN, referral sheet 5 referral-committee
• 2020-02-14 Proposed draft of Bill scheduled to be heard by LHE/FIN on Tuesday, 02-18-20 2:00PM in House conference room 309. Copy of proposed draft available at www.capitol.hawaii.gov. The notice has been corrected to properly reflect the description of the Proposed HD1.
• 2020-02-18 The committee(s) on LHE/FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-25-20.
• 2020-02-20 Bill scheduled for decision making on Tuesday, 02-25-20 2:00PM in conference room 309.
• 2020-02-25 The committees on LHE recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, Hashem, Quinlan, DeCoite, Johanson, D. Kobayashi, Morikawa, Tokioka; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Okimoto; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ohno, Tarnas. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-25 The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Todd, Yamashita; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) McDermott; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Wildberger. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-28 Reported from LHE/FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 961-20) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2020-02-28 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with Representative(s) McDermott, Okimoto, Perruso voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cabanilla Arakawa, DeCoite, Holt, Thielen excused (4).
• 2020-03-03 Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Okimoto, Perruso, Takumi voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) McDermott voting no (1) and Representative(s) Creagan excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2020-03-05 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 339). introduction
• 2020-03-05 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2020-03-05 Referred to EDU, WAM. referral-committee
• 2020-03-06 The committee(s) on EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 03-11-20 2:45PM in conference room 229.
• 2020-03-11 The committee(s) on EDU deferred the measure until 03-18-20 2:45PM in conference room 229.
• 2020-03-16 The hearing on this measure has been cancelled until further notice.
• 2020-06-22 The committee(s) on EDU will hold a public decision making on 06-24-20 3:00PM in conference room 229.
• 2020-06-24 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, Kim, Kanuha, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Dela Cruz. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-26 Reported from EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3690) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
• 2020-06-26 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
• 2020-06-26 The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 06-30-20 10:15AM in conference room Auditorium.
• 2020-06-30 The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 12 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, English, Inouye, K. Kahele, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Harimoto. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-07-02 Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3767) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
• 2020-07-02 48 Hrs. Notice 07-06-20.
• 2020-07-06 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2020-07-06 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 604) in amended form (SD 2).
• 2020-07-08 Received notice of House intent to agree to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 421).
• 2020-07-10 House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
• 2020-07-10 Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 2 with Representative(s) Okimoto, Takumi voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Perruso voting no (1) and Representative(s) Ohno excused (1).
• 2020-07-10 Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 425).
• 2020-07-10 Transmitted to Governor.
• 2020-09-15 Act 046, 09/15/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1151). executive-signature
• 2020-09-15 Act 046, on 09/15/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1151). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f20308cc-309b-4dc7-9cdf-88f402d39c12. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).