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type: "Bill"
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title: "RELATING TO EDUCATION."
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description: "Requires all public charter schools that exclusively offer prekindergarten programs to adhere to the public charter school law, with certain exceptions. (CD1)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
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legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "SB 3305"
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citation: "Hawaii SB 3305 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Prekindergarten Programs", "Public Charter Schools", "Statutory Exceptions"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["AQUINO", "FEVELLA", "HASHIMOTO", "KIDANI", "MORIWAKI"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 51
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2024-01-24"
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last_action: "2024-07-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6284bebb-2ce6-4efc-9daa-b16b86ef5879"
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source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=3305&year=2024"
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source_hash: "4224d9264a5d1c081d4404e08ad58f641abd317b0c105277624fa59a4ccc35fa"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-hi"]
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---
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# Hawaii SB 3305 (2024) — RELATING TO EDUCATION.
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Requires all public charter schools that exclusively offer prekindergarten programs to adhere to the public charter school law, with certain exceptions. (CD1)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **SB3305** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB3305_.HTM)
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2. **SB3305_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB3305_CD1_.HTM)
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3. **SB3305_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB3305_HD1_.HTM)
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4. **SB3305_HD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB3305_HD2_.HTM)
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## Votes
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- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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- The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
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- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
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- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **5–0** (pass) · lower
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- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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- The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- AQUINO — primary (person)
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- FEVELLA — primary (person)
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- HASHIMOTO — primary (person)
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- KIDANI — primary (person)
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- MORIWAKI — primary (person)
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- Kim — cosponsor (person)
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- McKelvey — cosponsor (person)
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- San Buenaventura — cosponsor (person)
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- Wakai — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-07-02** Act 154, 07/01/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1255). `became-law`
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- **2024-07-02** Act 154, on 07/01/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1255). `became-law`
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- **2024-05-03** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-05-03** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830). `receipt`
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- **2024-05-01** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 798). `receipt`
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- **2024-05-01** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ganaden, Martinez, Nakashima excused (3). `passage`
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- **2024-05-01** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none. `passage`
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- **2024-04-26** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-01-24.
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- **2024-04-26** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 161-24) as amended in (CD 1).
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- **2024-04-26** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-24.
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- **2024-04-26** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 161-24).
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- **2024-04-24** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, Morikawa, Martinez, M. Mizuno, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama.
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- **2024-04-24** 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, Kanuha, Hashimoto; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-04-23** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-24 1:30PM; Conference Room 229.
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- **2024-04-22** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-23-24 1:30PM; Conference Room 229.
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- **2024-04-19** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-22-24 1:30PM; Conference Room 229.
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- **2024-04-18** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-19-24 2:09PM; Conference Room 229.
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- **2024-04-17** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 690). `receipt`
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- **2024-04-17** Senate Conferees Appointed: Kidani Chair; Kanuha Co-Chair; Hashimoto.
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- **2024-04-16** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 737). `receipt`
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- **2024-04-15** House Conferees Appointed: Woodson, Tarnas, Morikawa Co-Chairs; Martinez, M. Mizuno, Takayama, Garcia.
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- **2024-04-04** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 366). `receipt`
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- **2024-04-04** Senate disagrees with House amendments. `amendment-failure`
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- **2024-04-04** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 548). `introduction, receipt`
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- **2024-04-03** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Todd excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
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- **2024-04-03** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1610-24), recommending passage on Third Reading.
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- **2024-03-27** The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kila, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Nishimoto, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Alcos. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-25** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 03-27-24 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
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- **2024-03-21** 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 Representative(s) Martinez, Nakashima excused (2).
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- **2024-03-21** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1250-24) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
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- **2024-03-19** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Evslin, Ganaden, Holt, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Miyake, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kong. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-15** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 03-19-24 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
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- **2024-03-14** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with Representative(s) Amato voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Alcos, Martinez, Quinlan excused (3). `reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-14** Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1100-24) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
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- **2024-03-12** The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, La Chica, Kapela, Marten, Martinez, Matayoshi, M. Mizuno, Perruso, Quinlan, Todd; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Garcia. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-08** Bill scheduled to be heard by EDN on Tuesday, 03-12-24 2:30PM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
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- **2024-03-07** Referred to EDN, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 16 `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-05** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2024-03-01** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 45). `introduction, receipt`
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- **2024-03-01** Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Shimabukuro). Transmitted to House. `passage`
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- **2024-02-29** One Day Notice 03-01-24.
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- **2024-02-29** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2826) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
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- **2024-02-23** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 11 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, Hashimoto, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, Shimabukuro, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) DeCoite, Inouye. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-16** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-23-24 10:30AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
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- **2024-02-14** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. `reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-14** Reported from EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2333) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.
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- **2024-02-08** The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in EDU were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kidani, Kim, Hashimoto, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Richards. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-06** The committee(s) on EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 02-09-24 3:05PM; CR 229 & Videoconference.
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- **2024-01-29** Referred to EDU, WAM. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-26** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
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- **2024-01-24** Introduced. `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6284bebb-2ce6-4efc-9daa-b16b86ef5879`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).
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