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HB841HIIntroduced 2026 Regular Session

Relating To Retired Teachers.

Last status update Jan 23, 2025

What this measure contains

Amends the break in service requirement for retirants to six months before they can be rehired as teachers or administrators in teacher shortage areas or in hard-to-fill positions. Prohibits rehired retirants from receiving additional employment benefits. Directs the Department of Education to adopt rules to identify teacher shortage areas and hard-to-fill positions. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

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Related measures

  • SB1546— Same As
  • HB841— Carry Over

Related measures may contain different language or follow different histories.

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
  3. HD2by LAB

Companion measures: SB1546, HB841. 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 LAB committee on HD1: Passed, with amendments, reported as HD2

    6 aye · 0 no · 0 excused

  4. House report adoption on HD2: Report adopted

    48 aye · 0 no · 3 excused

House members along the path

House members' votes at each stage of HB841
MemberEDN
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		LAB
HD1		Report adoption
HD2		Change along the path
Terez AmatoHD-011AyeAyeAye
Elle CochranHD-014ExcusedExcused
Luke EvslinHD-016AyeAyeAye
Andrew GarrettHD-022AyeAyeAyeAye
Jeanne KapelaHD-005AyeAyeAyeAye
Darius KilaHD-044AyeAyeAye
Lisa KitagawaHD-048AyeExcused
Sam KongHD-033AyeAyeAye
Trish La ChicaHD-037AyeAyeAye
Mike LeeHD-050AyeAyeAye
Chris MuraokaHD-045AyeAyeAye
Ikaika OldsHD-023AyeAyeAye
Julie Reyes OdaHD-040AyeAyeAye
Jackson SayamaHD-021AyeAyeAyeAye
Kanani SouzaHD-043AyeAyeAye
Gene WardHD-018ExcusedExcused
Justin WoodsonHD-009AyeAyeAye
34 more House members only counted as floor ayes
MemberEDN
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		LAB
HD1		Report adoption
HD2		Change along the path
David AlcosHD-041AyeAye
Della au BelattiHD-026AyeAye
Cory ChunHD-035AyeAye
Rachele Fernandez LamosaoSD-019AyeAye
Diamond GarciaHD-042AyeAye
Tina GrandinettiHD-020AyeAye
Mark HashemHD-019AyeAye
Daniel HoltHD-028AyeAye
Ikaika HusseyHD-029AyeAye
Linda IchiyamaHD-031AyeAye
Greggor IlaganHD-004AyeAye
Kim IwamotoHD-025AyeAye
Kirstin KahaloaHD-006AyeAye
Sue Keohokapu-Lee LoyHD-002AyeAye
Matthias KuschHD-001AyeAye
Nicole LowenHD-007AyeAye
Lisa MartenHD-051AyeAye
Scot MatayoshiHD-049AyeAye
Lauren MatsumotoHD-038AyeAye
Tyson MiyakeHD-010AyeAye
Daynette MorikawaHD-017AyeAye
Nadine NakamuraHD-015AyeAye
Amy PerrusoHD-046AyeAye
Elijah PierickHD-039AyeAye
Mahina PoepoeHD-013AyeAye
Sean QuinlanHD-047AyeAye
Garner ShimizuHD-032AyeAye
Gregg TakayamaHD-034AyeAye
Jenna TakenouchiHD-027AyeAye
Adrian TamHD-024AyeAye
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, LAB, FIN, referral sheet 3

  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. 48) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to LAB.

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

  8. Bill scheduled to be heard by LAB on Tuesday, 02-11-25 9:00AM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  9. The committee on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Sayama, Lee, M., Garrett, Kapela, Kong, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

  10. Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 536) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.

  11. Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3).

  12. Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

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