HB 2436 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO ARTS INTEGRATION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

Summary

Establishes within the Department of Education arts integration coordinator or specialist positions to support fine arts education and arts integration in public schools statewide. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Feb 2026

House Passage

Feb 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 28, 2026 Last action May 27, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB2436 → HB2436_HD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was updated to reflect House District 1 (HD1) amendments, changing the title and author information. Substantively, the bill now explicitly appropriates funds to create the coordinator positions, clarifies the program name to 'Artists in the schools program' (plural), and extends the effective date to July 1, 3000, likely as a placeholder for future legislative action.

Scope change

The bill's scope regarding the number of positions remains the same (one per island), but the funding mechanism is now explicitly included in the text rather than implied.

TIMELINE

The effective date was changed from July 1, 2026 to July 1, 3000, indicating the bill is not yet ready for immediate implementation.

FISCAL

The text was updated to explicitly state that funds are appropriated to establish and pay for the arts integration coordinator or specialist positions.

DEFINITION

The definition of the partner program was changed from 'Artist in the schools program' to 'Artists in the schools program' to reflect the plural nature of the initiative.

TECHNICAL

Header metadata was updated to reflect the new version (HD1), including a change in the bill author from Patrick Comiso to Chris Kobayashi.

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

May 27, 2026

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

Feb 20, 2026

Lower · Passed

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1).

lower

Feb 20, 2026

Committee

Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 696-26), recommending referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 19, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. 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

Feb 6, 2026

Committee

Reported from CAA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 36-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to EDN.

lower

Feb 4, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on CAA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Kapela, Kong, Garrett, Lee, M., Sayama, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Feb 2, 2026

Committee

Referred to CAA, EDN, FIN, referral sheet 6

lower

Jan 28, 2026

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

19 primary · 0 co-sponsors