Bills

HB 2004: DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; LIBRARIAN PILOT PROGRAM; EDUCATION; APPROPRIATION

  • Session Year: 2025-2026
  • House: House
  • Latest Version Date: 2026-02-18

Current Status:

In Progress

(2026-03-03: The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.)

Introduced

First Committee Review

First Chamber

Second Committee Review

Second Chamber

Final Decking

Enacted

Version:

Extends the Librarian Pilot Program established by Act 135, Session Laws of Hawaii 2025, through 2030.  Authorizes the Department of Education to select a second school complex on Oahu to be part of the pilot program if no appropriate school complex on the neighbor islands can be identified.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD1)

Discussed in Hearing

House Standing Committee on Finance3MIN
Mar 3, 2026

House Standing Committee on Finance

House Standing Committee on Education3MIN
Feb 17, 2026

House Standing Committee on Education

House Standing Committee on Education39SEC
Feb 17, 2026

House Standing Committee on Education

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