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type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO THE HAWAII TEACHER STANDARDS BOARD."
description: "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)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 1221"
citation: "Hawaii SB 1221 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hawaii Teacher Standards Board", "Teachers", "Education", "Charter School Commission", "Report Requirements"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party)"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 44
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5ee27dc-1444-4756-ab8c-a40232da2028"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1221&year=2019"
source_hash: "9b270b4b901ded6318f39301290113f2844df082e28482cea4beaa0e2469744f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/SB1221_.HTM)
2. **SB1221_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/SB1221_CD1_.HTM)
## Votes
- 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. — **50** (pass) · lower
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **20** (pass) · upper
- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **130** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **30** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5ee27dc-1444-4756-ab8c-a40232da2028`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).