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HB2534HIEngrossed 2026 Regular Session

Relating To Robotics.

Last status update Mar 6, 2026

What this measure contains

Appropriates funds to the Department of Education to establish robotics as an interscholastic sport. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

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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

    51 aye · 0 no · 0 excused

  3. House ECD committee on HD1: Passed, unamended

    7 aye · 0 no · 0 excused

  4. House report adoption on HD1: Report adopted

    50 aye · 0 no · 0 excused

  5. House FIN committee on HD1: Passed, unamended

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

  6. House third reading on HD1: Passed

    48 aye · 0 no · 2 excused

House members along the path

House members' votes at each stage of HB2534
MemberEDN
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		ECD
HD1		Report adoption
HD1		FIN
HD1		Third reading
HD1		Change along the path
David AlcosHD-041AyeAyeAyeAye
Terez AmatoHD-011AyeAyeAyeAye
Luke EvslinHD-016AyeAyeAyeAye
Andrew GarrettHD-022AyeAyeAyeAye
Joe GedeonHD-018AyeAyeAyeAyeAye
Daisy HartsfieldHD-036AyeAyeAyeAye
Daniel HoltHD-028AyeAye
Ikaika HusseyHD-029AyeAyeAyeAyeAye
Greggor IlaganHD-004AyeAyeAyeAye
Jeanne KapelaHD-005AyeAyeAyeAye
Sue Keohokapu-Lee LoyHD-002AyeAyeAyeAye
Darius KilaHD-044AyeAyeAyeAye
Lisa KitagawaHD-048AyeAyeAyeAye
Matthias KuschHD-001AyeAyeAyeAye
Trish La ChicaHD-037AyeAyeAyeAye
Mike LeeHD-050AyeAyeAye*AyeAdded reservations at House FIN committee (HD1)Dropped reservations at House third reading (HD1)
Tyson MiyakeHD-010AyeAyeAyeAye
Daynette MorikawaHD-017AyeAyeAyeAye
Chris MuraokaHD-045AyeAyeAyeAye
Ikaika OldsHD-023AyeAyeAyeAye
Amy PerrusoHD-046AyeAyeAyeExcused
Julie Reyes OdaHD-040AyeAyeAyeAye
Jackson SayamaHD-021AyeAyeExcused
Kanani SouzaHD-043AyeAyeAyeAye
Jenna TakenouchiHD-027AyeAyeAyeAye
Adrian TamHD-024AyeAyeAyeAye
Shirley Ann TemploHD-030AyeAyeAyeAyeAye
Chris ToddHD-003AyeAyeAyeAye
Justin WoodsonHD-009AyeAyeAyeAye
Kyle YamashitaHD-012AyeAyeAyeAyeAye
21 more House members only counted as floor ayes
MemberEDN
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		ECD
HD1		Report adoption
HD1		FIN
HD1		Third reading
HD1		Change along the path
Della au BelattiHD-026AyeAyeAye
Cory ChunHD-035AyeAyeAye
Elle CochranHD-014AyeAyeAye
Diamond GarciaHD-042AyeAyeAye
Tina GrandinettiHD-020AyeAyeAye
Mark HashemHD-019AyeAyeAye
Linda IchiyamaHD-031AyeAyeAye
Kim IwamotoHD-025AyeAyeAye
Kirstin KahaloaHD-006AyeAyeAye
Sam KongHD-033AyeAyeAye
Nicole LowenHD-007AyeAyeAye
Lisa MartenHD-051AyeAyeAye
Scot MatayoshiHD-049AyeAyeAye
Lauren MatsumotoHD-038AyeAyeAye
Nadine NakamuraHD-015AyeAyeAye
Elijah PierickHD-039AyeAyeAye
Mahina PoepoeHD-013AyeAyeAye
Sean QuinlanHD-047AyeAyeAye
Garner ShimizuHD-032AyeAyeAye
Gregg TakayamaHD-034AyeAyeAye
David TarnasHD-008AyeAyeAye

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, ECD, FIN, referral sheet 6

  3. Bill scheduled to be heard by EDN on Thursday, 02-05-26 2:00PM 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: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, La Chica, Amato, Evslin, Garrett, Kapela, Kila, Olds, Muraoka, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

  5. Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 74-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to ECD.

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

  7. Bill scheduled to be heard by ECD on Friday, 02-13-26 8:30AM in House conference room 423 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  8. The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Ilagan, Hussey, Holt, Tam, Templo, Yamashita, Gedeon; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

  9. Reported from ECD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 419-26), recommending referral to FIN.

  10. Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

  11. Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 03-03-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  12. 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, Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Lee, M.; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

  13. Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 941-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  14. Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Perruso, Sayama excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

  15. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 216).

  16. Passed First Reading.

  17. Referred to EDU, WAM.

  18. The committee(s) on EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 03-20-26 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  19. The committee on EDU deferred the measure.

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