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HB1889HIEngrossed 2026 Regular Session

Relating To School Psychologists.

Last status update Mar 6, 2026

What this measure contains

Creates a School Psychologists Working Group within the Department of Education to recommend actionable steps or propose legislation for an immediate pathway to licensure for school psychologists that can be acted upon in 2027. Requires a report to the Legislature. 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

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

    49 aye · 0 no · 1 excused

  3. House CPC committee on HD1: Passed, unamended

    8 aye · 0 no · 3 excused

  4. House third reading on HD1: Passed

    47 aye · 0 no · 3 excused

House members along the path

House members' votes at each stage of HB1889
MemberEDN
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		CPC
HD1		Third reading
HD1		Change along the path
Terez AmatoHD-011AyeAyeAye
Cory ChunHD-035AyeAyeAye
Luke EvslinHD-016AyeAyeAye
Andrew GarrettHD-022AyeAyeAye
Tina GrandinettiHD-020AyeAyeAye
Linda IchiyamaHD-031AyeAyeAye
Greggor IlaganHD-004AyeAyeAye
Kim IwamotoHD-025AyeExcusedAye
Jeanne KapelaHD-005AyeAyeAye
Darius KilaHD-044AyeAyeAye
Sam KongHD-033AyeAyeAye
Trish La ChicaHD-037AyeAyeAye
Nicole LowenHD-007AyeAyeAye
Lisa MartenHD-051AyeExcusedAye
Scot MatayoshiHD-049AyeAyeAye
Chris MuraokaHD-045AyeAyeAye
Ikaika OldsHD-023AyeAyeAye
Amy PerrusoHD-046AyeExcused
Elijah PierickHD-039AyeExcusedAye
Sean QuinlanHD-047ExcusedExcused
Jackson SayamaHD-021AyeExcused
Kanani SouzaHD-043AyeAyeAye
Adrian TamHD-024AyeAyeAye
Justin WoodsonHD-009AyeAyeAye
26 more House members only counted as floor ayes
MemberEDN
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		CPC
HD1		Third reading
HD1		Change along the path
David AlcosHD-041AyeAye
Della au BelattiHD-026AyeAye
Elle CochranHD-014AyeAye
Diamond GarciaHD-042AyeAye
Joe GedeonHD-018AyeAye
Daisy HartsfieldHD-036AyeAye
Mark HashemHD-019AyeAye
Ikaika HusseyHD-029AyeAye
Kirstin KahaloaHD-006AyeAye
Sue Keohokapu-Lee LoyHD-002AyeAye
Lisa KitagawaHD-048AyeAye
Matthias KuschHD-001AyeAye
Mike LeeHD-050AyeAye
Lauren MatsumotoHD-038AyeAye
Tyson MiyakeHD-010AyeAye
Daynette MorikawaHD-017AyeAye
Nadine NakamuraHD-015AyeAye
Mahina PoepoeHD-013AyeAye
Julie Reyes OdaHD-040AyeAye
Garner ShimizuHD-032AyeAye
Gregg TakayamaHD-034AyeAye
Jenna TakenouchiHD-027AyeAye
David TarnasHD-008AyeAye
Shirley Ann TemploHD-030AyeAye
Chris ToddHD-003AyeAye
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. Pending introduction.

  2. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

  3. Referred to EDN, CPC, referral sheet 2

  4. Bill scheduled to be heard by EDN on Thursday, 02-19-26 2:00PM 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. 697-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.

  7. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1).

  8. Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Thursday, 02-26-26 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  9. The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Grandinetti, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Kong, Lowen, Tam; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Iwamoto, Marten, Pierick.

  10. Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 982-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  11. Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Perruso, Quinlan, Sayama excused (3). Transmitted to Senate.

  12. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 162).

  13. Passed First Reading.

  14. Referred to EDU, WAM.

  15. The committee(s) on EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 03-18-26 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  16. The committee(s) on EDU deferred the measure until 03-23-26 1:10PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  17. The committee on EDU deferred the measure.

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