HB 249 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO EARLY LEARNING.

Summary

Appropriates funds for the Executive Office on Early Learning to contract with third-party providers of family-child interaction learning programs. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Issues: ✓ Education

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 16, 2025 Last action Dec 8, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB249 → HB249_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to include House District 1 markup, updating the author's name and file metadata. The most significant substantive change is the effective date, which was altered from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 3000, effectively delaying the program's implementation by over 700 years. A minor formatting adjustment was made to the title case.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on early learning, but the applicability is now delayed indefinitely due to the future effective date.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the Act was changed from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 3000.

TECHNICAL

The bill title was updated to reflect House District 1 (HD1) markup, including changes to the author's name and file metadata.

Minor formatting adjustments were made to the title text, changing 'relating to' to 'RELATING TO'.

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Committee

Feb 10, 2025

Committee

Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 280) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, La Chica, Amato, Evslin, Garrett, Kapela, Kila, Olds, Sayama, Muraoka, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to EDN, FIN, referral sheet 1

lower

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 16, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

15 primary · 0 co-sponsors