Relating To Arts Education.

Appropriates funds to the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts for the Artists in the Schools Program. Effective 1/1/3000. (SD1)

Bill Details

State

Hawaii

Session

2026 Regular Session

Chamber

House

Committee

Ways and Means

Official Source

www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_ind...

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Action History

2026-03-30 S Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.

2026-03-30 S Reported from WLA/EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3367) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

2026-03-25 S The committee(s) on WLA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WLA were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Lamosao, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Inouye, Chang.

2026-03-25 S The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDU were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kim, Hashimoto, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Kidani, Fukunaga.

2026-03-20 S The committee(s) on WLA/EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 03-25-26 1:11PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

2026-03-10 S Referred to WLA/EDU, WAM.

2026-03-06 S Passed First Reading.

2026-03-06 S Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 107).

2026-03-05 H Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Perruso excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.

2026-03-05 H Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 766-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.

2026-02-26 H The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

2026-02-24 H Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 02-26-26 10:00AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

2026-02-12 H Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and none excused (0).

2026-02-12 H Reported from CAA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 248-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

2026-02-06 H The committee on CAA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Kapela, Kong, Garrett, Lee, M.; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Sayama, Reyes Oda.

2026-02-03 H Bill scheduled to be heard by CAA on Friday, 02-06-26 9:30AM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

2026-02-02 H Referred to CAA, FIN, referral sheet 6

2026-01-28 H Introduced and Pass First Reading.

2026-05-27 H Pending introduction.

Votes

2026-03-25 Senate Water, Land, and Agriculture: Passed, With Amendments Yea: 3 Nay: 0

2026-03-25 Senate Education: Passed, With Amendments Yea: 3 Nay: 0

Committee Referrals

2026-02-02 H Culture & Arts

2026-02-12 H Finance

2026-03-10 S Water, Land, and Agriculture

2026-03-30 S Ways and Means

Bill Text Versions

2026-01-27 Introduced

2026-02-11 Amended

2026-03-28 Amended

Subjects

Arts Education State Foundation on Culture and the Arts Appropriation ($) Artists in the Schools Program