republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2023-regular-session/hb-503.md

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Bill	RELATING TO COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION.	Requires the Board of Education to work with the Department of Education to conduct an analysis on the necessary timeline and appropriate process for making computer science a graduation requirement by no later than the 2030-2031 school year. Requires the Board of Education to determine whether making computer science a graduation requirement would be in the best interests of public school students and the public. Requires the Board of Education to make a determination on how students could be allowed to complete computer science courses as a substitute for core academic courses to satisfy graduation credit requirements, beginning with the 2024-2025 school year. Requires a report to the Legislature. (CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2023 Regular Session	HB 503	Hawaii HB 503 (2023 Regular Session)	bill	Analysis Board of Education Computer Science Department of Education Graduation Requirements Report Teacher Development ($)	enacted	AMATO COCHRAN GATES HASHIMOTO KILA LOWEN MARTEN MATAYOSHI MORIKAWA NAKASHIMA TARNAS TODD WOODSON	5	52	7	2023-01-20	2023-07-03	openstates	ocd-bill/beb0556b-0b2b-4c5f-ac09-a716d0c6c565	https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=503&year=2023	0e73426fb1470d65fe5069856e0c8427d075bf7d6b9344342f9636f9842ef184	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 503 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION.

Requires the Board of Education to work with the Department of Education to conduct an analysis on the necessary timeline and appropriate process for making computer science a graduation requirement by no later than the 2030-2031 school year. Requires the Board of Education to determine whether making computer science a graduation requirement would be in the best interests of public school students and the public. Requires the Board of Education to make a determination on how students could be allowed to complete computer science courses as a substitute for core academic courses to satisfy graduation credit requirements, beginning with the 2024-2025 school year. Requires a report to the Legislature. (CD1)

Version chain

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

1. HB503 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB503_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB503_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB503_HD2 (committee substitute) — source
5. HB503_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 5–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee on HET recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 7–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• AMATO — primary (person)
• COCHRAN — primary (person)
• GATES — primary (person)
• HASHIMOTO — primary (person)
• KILA — primary (person)
• LOWEN — primary (person)
• MARTEN — primary (person)
• MATAYOSHI — primary (person)
• MORIKAWA — primary (person)
• NAKASHIMA — primary (person)
• TARNAS — primary (person)
• TODD — primary (person)
• WOODSON — primary (person)
• Poepoe — cosponsor (person)
• Takenouchi — cosponsor (person)
• Tam — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-07-03 Act 174, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1277). became-law
• 2023-07-03 Act 174, on 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1277). became-law
• 2023-05-03 Transmitted to Governor.
• 2023-05-04 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 900). receipt
• 2023-05-02 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 993). receipt
• 2023-05-02 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and none excused (0). passage
• 2023-05-02 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fevella. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). passage
• 2023-04-28 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-02-23.
• 2023-04-28 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 86).
• 2023-04-28 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday 05-02-23.
• 2023-04-28 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 86) as amended in (CD 1).
• 2023-04-28 The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kidani, Wakai, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-28 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, Perruso, Morikawa, Kapela, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
• 2023-04-27 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-23 1:30PM; Conference Room 229.
• 2023-04-27 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-27-23 4:31PM; Conference Room 229.
• 2023-04-26 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-27-23 3:20PM; Conference Room 229.
• 2023-04-25 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-26-23 1:30PM; Conference Room 229.
• 2023-04-24 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 839). receipt
• 2023-04-21 House Conferees Appointed: Woodson, Perruso, Morikawa Co-Chairs; Kapela, Garcia.
• 2023-04-20 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 914). receipt
• 2023-04-20 Senate Conferees Appointed: Kidani Chair; Wakai Co-Chair; Kanuha.
• 2023-04-14 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 800). receipt
• 2023-04-13 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). amendment-failure
• 2023-04-11 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 747) in amended form (SD 1).
• 2023-04-11 Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fevella. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Keohokalole). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2023-04-06 One Day Notice 04-11-23.
• 2023-04-06 Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1792) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
• 2023-04-04 The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 10 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, DeCoite, Inouye, Kidani, Kim, Lee, Moriwaki, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) Aquino, Kanuha, Shimabukuro. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-31 The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-04-23 10:30AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
• 2023-03-24 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-03-24 Reported from EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1375) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
• 2023-03-20 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) Richards. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-15 The committee(s) on EDU deferred the measure until 03-20-23 3:00PM; Conference Room 229. deferral
• 2023-03-10 The committee(s) on EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 03-15-23 3:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
• 2023-03-10 Referred to EDU, WAM. referral-committee
• 2023-03-09 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2023-03-09 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 298). introduction, receipt
• 2023-03-07 Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Lamosao voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Aiu, Kila, Pierick voting no (3) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2023-03-03 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1109), recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2023-02-28 The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Chun, Cochran, Garrett, Kahaloa, Morikawa, Nishimoto, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Alcos, Ward; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Aiu, Kila, Kobayashi, Lamosao; Noes: none; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-25 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 02-28-23 1:30PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2023-02-15 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 none excused (0).
• 2023-02-15 Reported from HET (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 481) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
• 2023-02-10 The committee on HET recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Perruso, Kapela, Marten, Martinez, Matayoshi, Todd, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Quinlan, Woodson. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-08 Bill scheduled to be heard by HET on Friday, 02-10-23 2:30PM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2023-02-06 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on HET with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Amato, Kila, Todd excused (3). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-02-06 Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 37) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to HET.
• 2023-01-31 The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, Marten, Kapela, Martinez, Matayoshi, Todd, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Perruso, Quinlan. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-01-27 Bill scheduled to be heard by EDN on Tuesday, 01-31-23 2:00PM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2023-01-27 Referred to EDN, HET, FIN, referral sheet 2 referral-committee
• 2023-01-23 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
• 2023-01-20 Pending introduction.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/beb0556b-0b2b-4c5f-ac09-a716d0c6c565. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).