HB 1889 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS.

Summary

Creates a School Psychologists Working Group within the Department of Education to recommend actionable steps or propose legislation for an immediate pathway to licensure for school psychologists that can be acted upon in 2027. Requires a report to the Legislature. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Issues: ✓ Education ✓ Healthcare

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Mar 2026

House Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 23, 2026 Last action Mar 23, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB1889 → HB1889_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to change the effective date of the legislation from July 1, 2026, to July 1, 3000, and updated the summary description to reflect this new date. Additionally, the bill's title was updated to indicate it is House Draft 1 (HD1), and several administrative metadata fields, including author names and document identifiers, were modified.

Scope change

The scope of the bill's immediate implementation has been significantly altered by delaying the effective date by over 700 years, meaning the creation of the School Psychologists Working Group and its recommendations will not begin until the year 3000.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the Act was changed from July 1, 2026, to July 1, 3000.

REQUIREMENT

The summary description was updated to include the new effective date of July 1, 3000.

TECHNICAL

The bill title was updated to reflect House Draft 1 status, and administrative metadata such as author names and revision numbers were changed.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 16, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 03-18-26 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 10, 2026

Committee

Referred to EDU, WAM.

upper

Mar 10, 2026

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 162).

upper

Mar 6, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Perruso, Quinlan, Sayama excused (3). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Feb 26, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Grandinetti, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Kong, Lowen, Tam; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Iwamoto, Marten, Pierick.

lower

Feb 20, 2026

Committee

Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 697-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.

lower

Feb 19, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, La Chica, Amato, Evslin, Garrett, Kapela, Kila, Olds, Muraoka, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Jan 26, 2026

Committee

Referred to EDN, CPC, referral sheet 2

lower

Jan 26, 2026

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 23, 2026

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

25 primary · 0 co-sponsors