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HB628HIEngrossed 2026 Regular Session

Relating To Education.

Last status update Mar 4, 2025

What this measure contains

Authorizes the Department of Education to establish a program to award high school diplomas to persons who did not receive a diploma as a result of compulsory or voluntary induction into the armed services and persons whose high school education was interrupted due to wartime practices during World War II, the Korean War, or the Vietnam War. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

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Bill text and versions

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  • HB628— Carry Over

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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: HB628. 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

    49 aye · 0 no · 2 excused

  3. House PBS committee on HD1: Passed, unamended

    8 aye · 0 no · 2 excused

  4. House report adoption on HD1: Report adopted

    48 aye · 0 no · 3 excused

  5. House FIN committee on HD1: Passed, unamended

    15 aye · 0 no · 1 excused

  6. House third reading on HD1: Passed

    49 aye · 0 no · 2 excused

House members along the path

House members' votes at each stage of HB628
MemberEDN
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		PBS
HD1		Report adoption
HD1		FIN
HD1		Third reading
HD1		Change along the path
David AlcosHD-041AyeAyeAyeAye
Terez AmatoHD-011AyeAyeAyeAye
Della au BelattiHD-026AyeAyeAyeAye
Elle CochranHD-014ExcusedExcusedAye
Luke EvslinHD-016AyeAyeAyeAye
Rachele Fernandez LamosaoSD-019AyeAyeAyeAyeAye
Andrew GarrettHD-022AyeAyeAyeAye
Tina GrandinettiHD-020AyeAyeAyeAye
Mark HashemHD-019AyeExcusedAyeAye
Daniel HoltHD-028AyeAyeAyeAye
Ikaika HusseyHD-029AyeAyeAyeAye
Linda IchiyamaHD-031AyeExcusedAyeAye
Kim IwamotoHD-025AyeAyeAyeAye
Jeanne KapelaHD-005AyeAyeAyeAye
Sue Keohokapu-Lee LoyHD-002AyeAyeAyeAye
Darius KilaHD-044AyeAyeAyeAye
Lisa KitagawaHD-048AyeAyeAyeAye
Matthias KuschHD-001AyeAyeAyeAye
Trish La ChicaHD-037AyeAyeAyeAye
Mike LeeHD-050AyeAyeAyeAye
Tyson MiyakeHD-010AyeAyeAyeAye
Daynette MorikawaHD-017AyeAyeAyeAyeAye
Chris MuraokaHD-045AyeAyeAyeAye
Ikaika OldsHD-023AyeAyeAyeAye
Elijah PierickHD-039AyeAyeExcused
Mahina PoepoeHD-013AyeAyeAyeAye
Julie Reyes OdaHD-040AyeAyeAyeAye
Jackson SayamaHD-021AyeAyeExcusedAye
Garner ShimizuHD-032AyeAyeAyeAye
Kanani SouzaHD-043AyeAyeAyeAyeAye
Jenna TakenouchiHD-027AyeAyeAyeAye
Shirley Ann TemploHD-030AyeAyeAyeAye
Gene WardHD-018ExcusedExcusedExcusedExcused
Justin WoodsonHD-009AyeAyeAyeAyeAye
Kyle YamashitaHD-012AyeAyeAyeAye
16 more House members only counted as floor ayes
MemberEDN
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		PBS
HD1		Report adoption
HD1		FIN
HD1		Third reading
HD1		Change along the path
Cory ChunHD-035AyeAyeAye
Diamond GarciaHD-042AyeAyeAye
Greggor IlaganHD-004AyeAyeAye
Kirstin KahaloaHD-006AyeAyeAye
Sam KongHD-033AyeAyeAye
Nicole LowenHD-007AyeAyeAye
Lisa MartenHD-051AyeAyeAye
Scot MatayoshiHD-049AyeAyeAye
Lauren MatsumotoHD-038AyeAyeAye
Nadine NakamuraHD-015AyeAyeAye
Amy PerrusoHD-046AyeAyeAye
Sean QuinlanHD-047AyeAyeAye
Gregg TakayamaHD-034AyeAyeAye
Adrian TamHD-024AyeAyeAye
David TarnasHD-008AyeAyeAye
Chris ToddHD-003AyeAyeAye

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, PBS, FIN, referral sheet 2

  4. Bill scheduled to be heard by EDN on Tuesday, 01-28-25 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: 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.

  6. Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 42) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to PBS.

  7. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on PBS with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2).

  8. Bill scheduled to be heard by PBS on Friday, 02-07-25 9:30AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  9. The committee on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Iwamoto, Lamosao, Morikawa, Poepoe, Woodson, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Hashem, Ichiyama.

  10. Reported from PBS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 454), recommending referral to FIN.

  11. Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Sayama, Ward excused (3).

  12. Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 02-25-25 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  13. The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-26-25.

  14. Bill scheduled for decision making on Wednesday, 02-26-25 11:00AM in conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  15. The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.

  16. Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1102), recommending passage on Third Reading.

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

  18. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 261).

  19. Passed First Reading.

  20. Referred to EDU/PSM, WAM.

  21. Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

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