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Bill RELATING TO TEACHER LICENSING. Allows the Department of Education and charter schools to hire unlicensed individuals as teachers on an emergency basis for five, rather than three, years. Requires that unlicensed teachers hired on an emergency basis make continuous and verifiable progress toward satisfying licensing requirements. Sunsets on 6/30/2031, but provides that unlicensed emergency hires employed before the sunset date may continue employment for up to five years from their hiring date, under certain conditions. (CD1) us/states/hi Hawaii Legislature 2026 SB 2125 Hawaii SB 2125 (2026)
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Hawaii SB 2125 (2026) — RELATING TO TEACHER LICENSING.

Allows the Department of Education and charter schools to hire unlicensed individuals as teachers on an emergency basis for five, rather than three, years. Requires that unlicensed teachers hired on an emergency basis make continuous and verifiable progress toward satisfying licensing requirements. Sunsets on 6/30/2031, but provides that unlicensed emergency hires employed before the sunset date may continue employment for up to five years from their hiring date, under certain conditions. (CD1)

Version chain

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

  1. SB2125 (committee substitute) — source
  2. SB2125_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. SB2125_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. SB2125_HD2 (committee substitute) — source
  5. SB2125_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). — 240 (pass) · upper
  • The committee on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 60 (pass) · lower
  • The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 50 (pass) · lower
  • The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 20 (pass) · upper
  • The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 100 (pass) · lower
  • The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 150 (pass) · lower
  • The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 40 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • DECOITE — primary (person)
  • HASHIMOTO — primary (person)
  • Wakai — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-05-26 Act 030, on 05/22/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1130). became-law
  • 2026-05-26 Act 030, 05/22/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1130). became-law
  • 2026-05-08 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
  • 2026-05-08 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888). receipt
  • 2026-05-06 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 816). receipt
  • 2026-05-06 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Garcia, Reyes Oda voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Belatti, Garrett, Iwamoto, Perruso voting no (4) and Representative(s) Alcos excused (1). passage
  • 2026-05-06 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none. passage
  • 2026-05-01 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-06-26.
  • 2026-05-01 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 208-26) as amended in (CD 1).
  • 2026-05-01 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-06-26.
  • 2026-05-01 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 208-26).
  • 2026-05-01 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, Lee, M., La Chica, Olds, Muraoka; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Sayama.
  • 2026-05-01 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) Kim, Hashimoto; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) DeCorte. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-05-01 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 05-01-26 4:00PM in conference room 229.
  • 2026-04-30 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 05-01-26 1:30PM in conference room 229.
  • 2026-04-29 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 874). receipt
  • 2026-04-29 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-30-26 1:34PM; Conference Room 229.
  • 2026-04-28 House Conferees Appointed: Woodson, Sayama, Lee, M. Co-Chairs; La Chica, Olds, Muraoka.
  • 2026-04-20 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 714). receipt
  • 2026-04-20 Senate Conferees Appointed: Kim Chair; Hashimoto, DeCorte.
  • 2026-04-16 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 710). receipt
  • 2026-04-16 Senate disagrees with House amendments. amendment-failure
  • 2026-04-16 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 627). introduction, receipt
  • 2026-04-14 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Garcia, Matsumoto, Poepoe voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garrett, Iwamoto, Muraoka, Perruso voting no (5) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. passage
  • 2026-04-10 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-14-26.
  • 2026-04-10 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2107-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
  • 2026-04-08 The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Yamashita, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Perruso, Alcos; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Hussey. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-04-07 Bill scheduled for decision making on Wednesday, 04-08-26 1:57PM in conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  • 2026-04-07 The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 04-08-26. deferral
  • 2026-04-02 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 04-07-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  • 2026-03-30 Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Lowen, Perruso, Quinlan excused (4).
  • 2026-03-30 Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1463-26), recommending referral to FIN.
  • 2026-03-24 The committee on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Sayama, Lee, M., Garrett, Kapela, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Kong; Noes: none; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-03-20 Bill scheduled to be heard by LAB on Tuesday, 03-24-26 9:30AM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  • 2026-03-20 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on LAB with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1). reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2026-03-20 Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1289-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to LAB.
  • 2026-03-19 The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, La Chica, Amato, Evslin, Garrett, Kapela, Kila, Olds, Souza; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Muraoka; Noes: none; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-03-17 Bill scheduled to be heard by EDN on Thursday, 03-19-26 2:00PM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  • 2026-03-10 Referred to EDN, LAB, FIN, referral sheet 15 referral-committee
  • 2026-03-05 Pass First Reading reading-1
  • 2026-02-25 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 15) in amended form (SD 1). introduction, receipt
  • 2026-02-25 Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Kidani). Transmitted to House. passage
  • 2026-02-23 48 Hrs. Notice 02-25-26.
  • 2026-02-23 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1). reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2026-02-23 Reported from EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2705) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
  • 2026-02-05 Re-Referred to EDU. referral-committee
  • 2026-02-04 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) Kim, Kidani, Hashimoto, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fukunaga. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-01-30 The committee(s) on EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 02-04-26 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
  • 2026-01-22 Referred to EDU, WAM. referral-committee
  • 2026-01-21 Introduced and passed First Reading. introduction
  • 2026-01-14 Pending Introduction.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/eea1a8d6-b80b-476e-8ad0-cb4e1df95436. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).