HB 880 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO EARLY CHILD INTERVENTION.

HB 880 allocates funds to create new staff positions within the Early Childhood Services Unit. This bill directly affects the unit by providing resources to expand its capacity for early childhood intervention services. The key provision is the funding for these new roles, which will support service delivery to young children and families. The bill takes effect on July 1, 2000.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 21, 2025 Last action Dec 8, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB880_HD2 → HB880_HD3 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to remove the requirement for reclassifying existing positions, focusing solely on funding new mental health specialist roles. The specific number of full-time equivalent positions to be funded was removed, leaving the quantity blank for future determination. The bill version was updated from HD2 to HD3, reflecting changes made during the legislative process.

Scope change

The bill's scope was narrowed by removing the mandate to reclassify existing staff, now focusing exclusively on creating and funding new specialist positions.

REQUIREMENT

The requirement to reclassify certain existing positions was removed from the bill's purpose.

FISCAL

The specific funding amount and the number of positions (previously 2.00 FTE) were removed, leaving the bill to appropriate funds for an unspecified number of positions.

TECHNICAL

The bill header and version number were updated from HD2 to HD3, and associated metadata dates 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 6, 2025

Committee

Referred to HHS, WAM.

upper

Mar 6, 2025

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 298).

upper

Mar 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 3 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Feb 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.

lower

Feb 13, 2025

Lower · Passed

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3).

lower

Feb 13, 2025

Committee

Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 540) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Sayama, Lee, M., Garrett, Kapela, Kong, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Committee

Reported from HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 58) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to LAB.

lower

Jan 30, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Marten, Olds, Amato, Chun, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Takayama, Takenouchi, Alcos, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Committee

Referred to HSH, LAB, FIN, referral sheet 3

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

13 primary · 0 co-sponsors