HB 1183 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO ALLOWANCE ON SERVICE RETIREMENTS.

Summary

Includes certain law enforcement administrators and employees of the Department of Law Enforcement as class A members of the pension and retirement systems and provides guidance for the computation of retirement benefits similar to police officers. Effective 07/01/3000. (HD2)

Issues: ✓ Labor & Employment

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 22, 2025 Last action Feb 14, 2025

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HB1183_HD1 → HB1183_HD2 · 6 edits

MODERATE

This bill expands pension and retirement benefits to include law enforcement administrators and investigators (Director, Deputy Directors, Sheriff, and Sheriff Division Investigators) as Class A members, granting them retirement allowances similar to police officers and firefighters. It updates contribution rates for these new members and modifies eligibility criteria for early retirement benefits based on service dates and age thresholds. The changes aim to standardize retirement treatment for these law enforcement leadership and investigative roles with other sworn personnel.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded from only covering sworn law enforcement officers to include administrative and investigative leadership positions within the Department of Law Enforcement.

ELIGIBILITY

Added the Director of Law Enforcement, Deputy Directors, Sheriff, and Sheriff Division Investigators as Class A members eligible for police officer-style retirement benefits.

Updated Class B eligibility to include former retirants returning to service in law enforcement leadership positions.

FISCAL

Modified employee contribution rates for the new Class A members to match the 14.2% rate for sworn officers effective July 1, 2025.

Adjusted employer contribution rates in Section 88-122 to include the new law enforcement leadership positions in the higher contribution group.

TIMELINE

Added new retirement calculation provisions effective June 30, 2025, for law enforcement leadership positions with enhanced early retirement benefits.

REQUIREMENT

Modified early retirement age thresholds and service requirements to include the new law enforcement leadership categories in the enhanced benefit provisions.

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Committee

Feb 14, 2025

Committee

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, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4).

lower

Feb 14, 2025

Committee

Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 696) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Committee

Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 132) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

lower

Jan 30, 2025

Lower · Passed

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; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Jan 27, 2025

Committee

Referred to LAB, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 4

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 22, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

7 primary · 0 co-sponsors