HB 166 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO THE DEFENSE OF STATE EMPLOYEES.

Summary

Requires the State to defend professionally licensed or certified state employees from civil actions or proceedings, under certain circumstances. Clarifies that the employee may employ their own attorney at the employee's own expense. Establishes a process for the Attorney General to transfer or withdraw representation if the Attorney General declines to defend the employee. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 14, 2025 Last action Feb 13, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB166 → HB166_HD1 · 2 edits

MINOR

This bill version (HB166 HD1) updates the legislative text to reflect House of Representatives committee amendments, primarily changing the effective date from 'upon approval' to 'July 1, 3000' (likely a placeholder or error) and reformatting the document structure. The substantive policy content regarding state employee defense remains consistent between versions.

Scope change

No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; only formatting and effective date modifications.

TIMELINE

Changed the effective date from 'upon approval' to 'July 1, 3000', which appears to be a placeholder or clerical error rather than an intentional policy change.

TECHNICAL

Reformatted the document header and metadata fields to match House of Representatives committee markup standards, including adding 'HD 1' designation and updating report descriptions.

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Committee

Feb 13, 2025

Committee

Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 597) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 5, 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

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 1

lower

Jan 16, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 14, 2025

Introduced

Prefiled.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors