Hawaii House Bill 1496

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-3)
Status: Introduced on January 23 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-28 - Bill scheduled to be heard by EDN on Thursday, 01-30-25 2:00PM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
Pending: House Education Committee
Hearing: Jan 30 @ 2:00 pm in Conference Room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Establishes the position of Ka Papahana Kaiapuni Program Complex Area Superintendent. Requires that at least one at-large member of the Board of Education be a Hawaiian educator, practitioner, or scholar of Hawaiian studies or the Hawaiian language, to be selected from a list of three nominees submitted by the President of the Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Clarifies the purpose and objective of the Hawaiian Language Medium Education Program. Appropriates funds.

Relating To Education.

Rep. Kirstin Kahaloa [D]	Rep. Terez Amato [D]	Rep. Della au Belatti [D]	Rep. Cory Chun [D]
Rep. Elle Cochran [D]	Rep. Luke Evslin [D]	Rep. Diamond Garcia [R]	Rep. Tina Grandinetti [D]
Rep. Jeanne Kapela [D]	Rep. Susan Keohokapu-Lee Loy [D]	Rep. Darius Kila [D]	Rep. Rachele Fernandez Lamosao [D]
Rep. Mike Lee [D]	Rep. Lisa Marten [D]	Rep. Daynette Morikawa [D]	Rep. Chris Muraoka [R]
Rep. Amy Perruso [D]	Rep. Mahina Poepoe [D]	Rep. Kanani Souza [R]	Rep. David Tarnas [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-28	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by EDN on Thursday, 01-30-25 2:00PM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2025-01-27	House	Referred to EDN, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 4
2025-01-23	House	Introduced and Pass First Reading.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1496&year=2025
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB1496_.HTM