Hawaii House Bill 2543 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 43-0)
Status: Enrolled on July 10 2020 - 75% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-07-10 - Transmitted to Governor.
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Requires parents or guardians of public school and charter school kindergarten students to disclose information on the student's prior child care program or prekindergarten attendance, if any, for the purpose of determining areas having the highest need for prekindergarten and child care programs. Requires assessment of public school and charter school kindergarten students. Removes public charter school prekindergarten programs from the administrative authority of the Executive Office on Early Learning. Establishes that the State Public Charter School Commission has administrative authority over all state-funded early learning programs in public charter schools. Establishes the preschool open doors special fund. Expands Preschool Open Doors Program eligibility from 4-year-old children to all children who are 3 to 4 years old who are in the 2 years prior to kindergarten entry. Requires annual reporting regarding the revenues and expenditures of the early learning special fund. Establishes a program for Department of Human Services to award grants for preschools. Authorizes positions for the Preschool Open Doors Program. Appropriates funds for Department of Human Services to expand its information technology system for the purpose of managing information on prekindergarten attendance and child care need and to contract for and operate preschool and child care programs. Establishes the goal of providing all children who are 3 to 4 years old who are in the 2 years prior to kindergarten entry with enrollment in a preschool program by the year 2030. Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii for building classrooms for Hawaiian language immersion pre-kindergarten programs. Appropriates funds for building early learning services classrooms on public library property. (SD2)

Relating To Access To Learning.

Rep. Scott Saiki [D]	Sen. Henry Aquino [D]	Rep. Della au Belatti [D]	Rep. Tom Brower [D]
Rep. Rida Cabanilla Arakawa [D]	Rep. Romy Cachola [D]	Rep. Richard Creagan [D]	Rep. Ty Cullen [D]
Rep. Lynn Decoite [D]	Rep. Stacelynn Eli [D]	Rep. Cedric Gates [D]	Rep. Sharon Har [D]
Rep. Mark Hashem [D]	Sen. Troy Hashimoto [D]	Rep. Daniel Holt [D]	Rep. Linda Ichiyama [D]
Rep. Aaron Johanson [D]	Rep. Lisa Kitagawa [D]	Rep. Bertrand Kobayashi [D]	Rep. Dale Kobayashi [D]
Rep. Sam Kong [D]	Sen. Chris Lee [D]	Rep. Nicole Lowen [D]	Rep. Sylvia Luke [D]
Rep. Scot Matayoshi [D]	Sen. Angus McKelvey [D]	Rep. John Mizuno [D]	Rep. Daynette Morikawa [D]
Rep. Nadine Nakamura [D]	Rep. Mark Nakashima [D]	Rep. Scott Nishimoto [D]	Rep. Takashi Ohno [D]
Rep. Richard Onishi [D]	Rep. Sean Quinlan [D]	Sen. Joy San Buenaventura [D]	Rep. Calvin Say [D]
Rep. Gregg Takayama [D]	Rep. David Tarnas [D]	Rep. Chris Todd [D]	Rep. James Tokioka [D]
Rep. Justin Woodson [D]	Rep. Ryan Yamane [D]	Rep. Kyle Yamashita [D]

2020-06-30 - Senate - Senate Ways and Means: Passed, With Amendments (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2020-06-24 - Senate - Senate Education: Passed, With Amendments (Y: 4 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2020-02-25 - House - House Finance: Passed, With Amendments (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2020-02-25 - House - House Lower and Higher Education: Passed, With Amendments (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-07-10	House	Transmitted to Governor.
2020-07-10	Senate	Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 425).
2020-07-10	House	Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 2 with Representative(s) Okimoto, Takumi voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Perruso voting no (1) and Representative(s) Ohno excused (1).
2020-07-10	House	House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
2020-07-08	Senate	Received notice of House intent to agree to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 421).
2020-07-06	House	Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 604) in amended form (SD 2).
2020-07-06	Senate	Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
2020-07-02	Senate	48 Hrs. Notice 07-06-20.
2020-07-02	Senate	Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3767) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
2020-06-30	Senate	The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 12 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, English, Inouye, K. Kahele, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Harimoto.
2020-06-26	Senate	The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 06-30-20 10:15AM in conference room Auditorium.
2020-06-26	Senate	Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
2020-06-26	Senate	Reported from EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3690) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
2020-06-24	Senate	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) Dela Cruz.
2020-06-22	Senate	The committee(s) on EDU will hold a public decision making on 06-24-20 3:00PM in conference room 229.
2020-03-16	Senate	The hearing on this measure has been cancelled until further notice.
2020-03-11	Senate	The committee(s) on EDU deferred the measure until 03-18-20 2:45PM in conference room 229.
2020-03-06	Senate	The committee(s) on EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 03-11-20 2:45PM in conference room 229.
2020-03-05	Senate	Referred to EDU, WAM.
2020-03-05	Senate	Passed First Reading.
2020-03-05	Senate	Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 339).
2020-03-03	House	Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Okimoto, Perruso, Takumi voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) McDermott voting no (1) and Representative(s) Creagan excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.
2020-02-28	House	Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with Representative(s) McDermott, Okimoto, Perruso voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cabanilla Arakawa, DeCoite, Holt, Thielen excused (4).
2020-02-28	House	Reported from LHE/FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 961-20) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
2020-02-25	House	The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Todd, Yamashita; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) McDermott; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Wildberger.
2020-02-25	House	The committees on LHE recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, Hashem, Quinlan, DeCoite, Johanson, D. Kobayashi, Morikawa, Tokioka; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Okimoto; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ohno, Tarnas.
2020-02-20	House	Bill scheduled for decision making on Tuesday, 02-25-20 2:00PM in conference room 309.
2020-02-18	House	The committee(s) on LHE/FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-25-20.
2020-02-14	House	Proposed draft of Bill scheduled to be heard by LHE/FIN on Tuesday, 02-18-20 2:00PM in House conference room 309.
2020-01-27	House	Referred to LHE/FIN, referral sheet 5
2020-01-23	House	Introduced and Pass First Reading.

SB3101 (Same As) 2020-01-28 - Re-Referred to EDU, WAM.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2543&year=2020
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/HB2543_.HTM
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/HB2543_HD1_PROPOSED_.HTM
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/HB2543_HD1_.HTM
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/HB2543_SD1_.HTM
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/HB2543_SD2_.HTM
Roll Call	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2543&year=2020