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type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO EDUCATION."
description: "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)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 980"
citation: "Hawaii SB 980 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Compulsory Attendance", "Private Schools", "Licensure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KIDANI", "Kanuha", "S. CHANG", "Shimabukuro", "WAKAI"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 46
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78d63884-cd9e-4c9b-97fd-374758b3d06b"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=980&year=2019"
source_hash: "49f51bb1fcfe9e973f5d4a14c665db83ed5c8b223be7062ca0063a37f2e6de6e"
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 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](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/SB980_.HTM)
2. **SB980_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/SB980_CD1_.HTM)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/78d63884-cd9e-4c9b-97fd-374758b3d06b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).