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Establishes a temporary, independent Public School Realignment and Closure Commission to develop and recommend a comprehensive package of school consolidations, realignments, and closures based on the federal Base Realignment and Closure model. Requires reports to the Legislature. Requires an expedited approval process for the recommended school consolidations, realignments, and closures. Appropriates funds. (CD1)
Latest development · Jul 15, 2026
Act 264, 07/15/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1367).
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Act 264, 07/15/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1367).
Act 264, on 07/15/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1367).
Notice of Intent to veto dated 06/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1264)
Notice of intent to veto (Gov. Msg. No. 1264)
Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888).
Transmitted to Governor.
Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fukunaga. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Elefante). Excused, 0 (none).
Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Iwamoto voting no (1) and none excused (0).
Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 816).
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 05-01-26 4:00PM in conference room 229.
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, Yamashita, La Chica, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kim, Hashimoto; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) DeCorte.
Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 149-26) as amended in (CD 1).
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-06-26.
Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 149-26).
48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-06-26
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 05-01-26 1:30PM in conference room 229.
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-30-26 1:34PM; Conference Room 229.
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 725).
Senate Conferees Appointed: Kim Chair; Hashimoto Co-Chair; DeCorte.
House Conferees Appointed: Woodson, Yamashita Co-Chairs; La Chica, Souza.
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 786).
Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 780).
House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fukunaga. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Elefante). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 682) in amended form (SD 2).
Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3718) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
48 Hrs. Notice 04-14-26.
The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 9 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, DeCoite, Hashimoto, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Richards, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 3 No(es): Senator(s) Elefante, Inouye, Fevella; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Lee, C..
The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-06-26 10:32AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
Reported from EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3382) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
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) Kim, Kidani, Hashimoto, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fukunaga.
The committee(s) on EDU deferred the measure until 03-23-26 1:10PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
The committee(s) on EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 03-18-26 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 205).
Passed First Reading.
Referred to EDU, WAM.
Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 962-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.
Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Iwamoto voting no (1) and Representative(s) Perruso, Sayama excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.
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, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Perruso, Gedeon; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 03-03-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 490-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, La Chica, Evslin, Kapela, Kila, Muraoka, Souza; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Amato, Olds; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Garrett.
Bill scheduled to be heard by EDN on Thursday, 02-12-26 2:00PM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
Referred to EDN, FIN, referral sheet 6
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
Pending introduction.
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