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HB1779HIEngrossed 2026 Regular Session

Relating To School Meals.

Last status update Mar 6, 2026

What this measure contains

Expands free school meal coverage, beginning with the 2029-2030 school year, to all public school students, including public charter school students, regardless of whether the student participates in a federal school meals program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

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Related measures

  • SB3058— Same As

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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: SB3058. 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

    10 aye · 0 no · 0 excused

  2. House second reading on HD1: Passed

    45 aye · 1 aye with reservations · 1 no · 3 excused

  3. House FIN committee on HD1: Passed, unamended

    15 aye · 1 aye with reservations · 0 no · 0 excused

  4. House third reading on HD1: Passed

    45 aye · 1 aye with reservations · 2 no · 2 excused

House members along the path

House members' votes at each stage of HB1779
MemberEDN
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		FIN
HD1		Third reading
HD1		Change along the path
Diamond GarciaHD-042Aye*NoAye with reservations → No at House third reading (HD1)
David AlcosHD-041AyeAye*Aye*Added reservations at House FIN committee (HD1)
Terez AmatoHD-011AyeAyeAye
Elle CochranHD-014ExcusedAye
Luke EvslinHD-016AyeAyeAye
Andrew GarrettHD-022AyeAyeAye
Joe GedeonHD-018AyeAyeAye
Daisy HartsfieldHD-036AyeAyeAye
Ikaika HusseyHD-029AyeAyeAye
Jeanne KapelaHD-005AyeAyeAye
Sue Keohokapu-Lee LoyHD-002AyeAyeAye
Darius KilaHD-044AyeAyeAye
Lisa KitagawaHD-048AyeAyeAye
Matthias KuschHD-001AyeAyeAye
Trish La ChicaHD-037AyeAyeAye
Mike LeeHD-050ExcusedAyeAye
Tyson MiyakeHD-010AyeAyeAye
Daynette MorikawaHD-017AyeAyeAye
Chris MuraokaHD-045AyeAyeAye
Ikaika OldsHD-023AyeAyeAye
Amy PerrusoHD-046AyeAyeExcused
Mahina PoepoeHD-013ExcusedAye
Julie Reyes OdaHD-040AyeAyeAye
Jackson SayamaHD-021AyeExcused
Garner ShimizuHD-032NoNo
Kanani SouzaHD-043AyeAyeAye
Jenna TakenouchiHD-027AyeAyeAye
Shirley Ann TemploHD-030AyeAyeAye
Chris ToddHD-003AyeAyeAye
Justin WoodsonHD-009AyeAyeAye
Kyle YamashitaHD-012AyeAyeAye
19 more House members only counted as floor ayes
MemberEDN
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		FIN
HD1		Third reading
HD1		Change along the path
Della au BelattiHD-026AyeAye
Cory ChunHD-035AyeAye
Tina GrandinettiHD-020AyeAye
Mark HashemHD-019AyeAye
Linda IchiyamaHD-031AyeAye
Greggor IlaganHD-004AyeAye
Kim IwamotoHD-025AyeAye
Kirstin KahaloaHD-006AyeAye
Sam KongHD-033AyeAye
Nicole LowenHD-007AyeAye
Lisa MartenHD-051AyeAye
Scot MatayoshiHD-049AyeAye
Lauren MatsumotoHD-038AyeAye
Nadine NakamuraHD-015AyeAye
Elijah PierickHD-039AyeAye
Sean QuinlanHD-047AyeAye
Gregg TakayamaHD-034AyeAye
Adrian TamHD-024AyeAye
David TarnasHD-008AyeAye

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. Pending introduction.

  2. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

  3. Referred to EDN, FIN, referral sheet 1

  4. Bill scheduled to be heard by EDN on Tuesday, 02-10-26 2:15PM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  5. The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, La Chica, Amato, Evslin, Garrett, Kapela, Kila, Olds, Muraoka, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

  6. Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 319-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

  7. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Shimizu voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Lee, M., Poepoe excused (3).

  8. Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 03-04-26 10:00AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  9. 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, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Alcos; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

  10. Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 953-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  11. Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Alcos voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Shimizu voting no (2) and Representative(s) Perruso, Sayama excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

  12. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 154).

  13. Passed First Reading.

  14. Referred to EDU, WAM.

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