Justin Woodson
- Democratic
- Representative
- District 9
Primary
Requires the board of education to hold no less than six community forums annually, with at least one forum in each county. Requires the board to include an open forum for public comments on non-agenda items. Requires a report to the legislature on implementing open forums. Eliminates the superintendent of education as a voting member constituting the public employer for the purpose of negotiating a collective bargaining agreement with personnel of the department of education. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday, 04-22-21 at 5:00 PM in CR 309.
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-22-21 3:05PM in conference room CR 309.
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-21-21 4:05PM; CR 309.
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 842).
Senate Conferees Appointed: Kidani Chair; Rhoads Co-Chair; Dela Cruz, Kanuha, Fevella.
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-20-21 4:00PM; CR 309.
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 560).
Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 558).
House Conferees Appointed: Woodson, Todd Co-Chairs; Kapela, Okimoto.
House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 697) in amended form (SD 2).
Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Acasio). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1583) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
48 Hrs. Notice 04-13-21.
The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 6 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Keohokalole, Gabbard, Kim, Lee, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Acasio; and 0 Excused: none.
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.
The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-30-21 9:50AM; Via Videoconference.
Reported from EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1218) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDU were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kidani, Kim, Kanuha, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Dela Cruz.
The committee(s) on EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 03-24-21 3:15PM; CR 229 & Videoconference.
The committee on EDU deferred the measure.
The committee(s) on EDU deferred the measure until 03-22-21 3:00PM; CR 229 & Videoconference.
The committee(s) on EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 03-17-21 3:20PM; CR 229 & Videoconference.
Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) DeCoite voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-09-21.
Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 866) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
The committees on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Nakashima, Matayoshi, Ichiyama, D. Kobayashi, Lowen, McKelvey, Takumi, Todd; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Nakamura; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) LoPresti, Tokioka, Ward.
Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 03-03-21 2:00PM in House conference room 325 Via Videoconference.
Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 347) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Hashem excused (1).
The committees on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, Kapela, Belatti, DeCoite, Ganaden, Gates, Hashimoto, Takayama, Yamane, Okimoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ohno, Quinlan.
Bill scheduled to be heard by EDN on Tuesday, 02-09-21 2:00PM in House conference room 309 Via Videoconference.
Referred to EDN, JHA, referral sheet 1
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
Pending introduction.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| HB608_SD2 | PDF HTML |
| HB608_SD1_PROPOSED | PDF HTML |
| HB608_SD1 | PDF HTML |
| HB608_HD2 | PDF HTML |
| HB608_HD1 | PDF HTML |
| HB608 | PDF HTML |
| Document | Format |
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| Committee Report HB608_SD2_SSCR1583_ | PDF HTML |
| Committee Report HB608_SD1_SSCR1218_ | PDF HTML |
| Committee Report HB608_HD2_HSCR866_ | PDF HTML |
| Committee Report HB608_HD1_HSCR347_ | PDF HTML |
| Testimony HB608_SD1_TESTIMONY_JDC_03-30-21_ | |
| Testimony HB608_HD2_TESTIMONY_EDU_03-24-21_ | |
| Testimony HB608_HD2_TESTIMONY_EDU_03-17-21_ | |
| Testimony HB608_HD1_TESTIMONY_JHA_03-03-21_ | |
| Testimony HB608_TESTIMONY_EDN_02-09-21_ |
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