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HB1343HIEngrossed 2026 Regular Session

Relating To Education.

Last status update Mar 4, 2025

What this measure contains

Requires the Board of Education to adopt a policy that bans the use of phones and related devices by students during school hours. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

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Bill text and versions

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How this measure moved

Legislative path

Each stage below is a recorded decision from the official measure history, attached to the draft it considered. A member's row follows their votes from the first draft to the latest, and a highlighted vote marks where it changed. Committee and conference votes list every member by name. Floor votes list only exceptions; members serving that day who aren't named are shown as ayes in a dashed outline.

  1. Introduced
  2. HD1by EDN

Companion measure: HB1343. A companion follows its own path; its votes are not combined with this one.

Decision stages

  1. House EDN committee on the introduced draft: Passed, with amendments, reported as HD1

    11 aye · 0 no · 0 excused

  2. House second reading on HD1: Passed

    48 aye · 0 no · 3 excused

  3. House JHA committee on HD1: Passed, unamended

    9 aye · 0 no · 2 excused

  4. House third reading on HD1: Passed

    49 aye · 0 no · 2 excused

House members along the path

House members' votes at each stage of HB1343
MemberEDN
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		JHA
HD1		Third reading
HD1		Change along the path
Terez AmatoHD-011AyeAyeAye
Della au BelattiHD-026AyeAyeAye
Elle CochranHD-014ExcusedExcusedAye
Luke EvslinHD-016AyeAyeAye
Diamond GarciaHD-042AyeAyeAye
Andrew GarrettHD-022AyeAyeAye
Mark HashemHD-019AyeAyeAye
Kirstin KahaloaHD-006AyeAyeAye
Jeanne KapelaHD-005AyeAyeAye
Darius KilaHD-044AyeAyeAye
Lisa KitagawaHD-048ExcusedAye
Trish La ChicaHD-037AyeAyeAye
Chris MuraokaHD-045AyeAyeAye
Ikaika OldsHD-023AyeAyeAye
Amy PerrusoHD-046AyeAyeAye
Elijah PierickHD-039AyeExcused
Mahina PoepoeHD-013AyeAyeAye
Jackson SayamaHD-021AyeAyeAye
Garner ShimizuHD-032AyeAyeAye
Kanani SouzaHD-043AyeAyeAye
Gregg TakayamaHD-034AyeAyeAye
David TarnasHD-008AyeAyeAye
Chris ToddHD-003AyeExcusedAye
Gene WardHD-018ExcusedExcused
Justin WoodsonHD-009AyeAyeAye
26 more House members only counted as floor ayes
MemberEDN
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		JHA
HD1		Third reading
HD1		Change along the path
David AlcosHD-041AyeAye
Cory ChunHD-035AyeAye
Rachele Fernandez LamosaoSD-019AyeAye
Tina GrandinettiHD-020AyeAye
Daniel HoltHD-028AyeAye
Ikaika HusseyHD-029AyeAye
Linda IchiyamaHD-031AyeAye
Greggor IlaganHD-004AyeAye
Kim IwamotoHD-025AyeAye
Sue Keohokapu-Lee LoyHD-002AyeAye
Sam KongHD-033AyeAye
Matthias KuschHD-001AyeAye
Mike LeeHD-050AyeAye
Nicole LowenHD-007AyeAye
Lisa MartenHD-051AyeAye
Scot MatayoshiHD-049AyeAye
Lauren MatsumotoHD-038AyeAye
Tyson MiyakeHD-010AyeAye
Daynette MorikawaHD-017AyeAye
Nadine NakamuraHD-015AyeAye
Sean QuinlanHD-047AyeAye
Julie Reyes OdaHD-040AyeAye
Jenna TakenouchiHD-027AyeAye
Adrian TamHD-024AyeAye
Shirley Ann TemploHD-030AyeAye
Kyle YamashitaHD-012AyeAye

Aye named · Aye* with reservations · Aye floor vote, not named as an exception · No · Excused · Changed reversed from the previous vote

Names are matched to legislators only when exactly one person fits; every printed name on this measure was matched. A missing vote means no record was found for that member at that stage, not a no vote. Committee codes follow the Legislature's abbreviations.Official measure history ↗

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Legislative history

  1. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

  2. Referred to EDN, JHA, referral sheet 4

  3. Bill scheduled to be heard by EDN on Tuesday, 02-11-25 2:01PM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  4. The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, La Chica, Amato, Evslin, Garrett, Kapela, Kila, Olds, Sayama, Muraoka, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

  5. Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 581) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

  6. 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) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3).

  7. Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Friday, 02-21-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  8. The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Todd.

  9. Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1083), recommending passage on Third Reading.

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

  11. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 359).

  12. Passed First Reading.

  13. Referred to EDU, JDC.

  14. Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

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