HB 2344 Hawaii 2026 session
RELATING TO SCHOOL FACILITIES.
Establishes a temporary, independent Public School Realignment and Closure Commission to develop and recommend a comprehensive package of school consolidations, realignments, and closures based on the federal Base Realignment and Closure model. Requires reports to the Legislature. Requires an expedited approval process for the recommended school consolidations, realignments, and closures. Appropriates funds. (CD1)
Status
- Introduced
- Committee
- Floor vote
- Passed
- Enacted
Passed both chambers — last recorded action July 15, 2026
Act 264, 07/15/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1367).
Recorded votes
Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1).
24 yes · 1 no · pass May 6, 2026
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments.
4 yes · 0 no · pass May 1, 2026
Decided by five votes or fewer.
The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
2 yes · 0 no · pass May 1, 2026
Decided by five votes or fewer.
Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
24 yes · 1 no · pass April 14, 2026
The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
9 yes · 3 no · pass April 6, 2026
The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
4 yes · 0 no · pass March 23, 2026
Decided by five votes or fewer.
Passage likelihood
95% Higher than most bills at this stage
This is an estimate, not a guarantee. It is computed from the signals listed below and nothing else. It does not account for leadership priorities, floor scheduling, or negotiations that are not in the public record.
What the estimate is based on
- Historical base rate About 20% of introduced state bills are enacted.
- Current stage Passed both chambers.
- Cosponsors 15 cosponsors.
State-level impact
State-level impact data is not available for this bill. The source text does not contain a per-state funding formula or scored breakdown, so no figures are shown.
Official actions
- Act 264, 07/15/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1367).
- Act 264, on 07/15/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1367).
- Notice of Intent to veto dated 06/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1264)
- Notice of intent to veto (Gov. Msg. No. 1264)
- Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888).
- Transmitted to Governor.
- Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fukunaga. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Elefante). Excused, 0 (none).
- Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Iwamoto voting no (1) and none excused (0).
- Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 816).
- Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 05-01-26 4:00PM in conference room 229.
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, Yamashita, La Chica, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kim, Hashimoto; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) DeCorte.
- Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 149-26) as amended in (CD 1).
- Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-06-26.
- Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 149-26).
- 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-06-26
- Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 05-01-26 1:30PM in conference room 229.
- Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-30-26 1:34PM; Conference Room 229.
- Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 725).
- Senate Conferees Appointed: Kim Chair; Hashimoto Co-Chair; DeCorte.
- House Conferees Appointed: Woodson, Yamashita Co-Chairs; La Chica, Souza.
- Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 786).
- Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 780).
- House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
- Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fukunaga. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Elefante). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
- Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 682) in amended form (SD 2).
- Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3718) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
- 48 Hrs. Notice 04-14-26.
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 9 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, DeCoite, Hashimoto, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Richards, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 3 No(es): Senator(s) Elefante, Inouye, Fevella; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Lee, C..
- The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-06-26 10:32AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
- Reported from EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3382) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
- Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
- The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDU were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kim, Kidani, Hashimoto, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fukunaga.
- The committee(s) on EDU deferred the measure until 03-23-26 1:10PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
- The committee(s) on EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 03-18-26 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
- Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 205).
- Passed First Reading.
- Referred to EDU, WAM.
- Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 962-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Iwamoto voting no (1) and Representative(s) Perruso, Sayama excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.