SB 1034 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO THE FOOD SERVICE INDUSTRY.

Summary

Requires employers in the food service industry to allow their employees an unpaid rest period of 30 consecutive minutes for a certain number of consecutive hours of working time. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

Issues: ✓ Labor & Employment

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Last action Feb 12, 2025

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What changed between versions

SB1034 → SB1034_SD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill text was reformatted and reorganized from a standard legislative format to a structured data format with metadata fields. The substantive policy content remains largely the same, requiring food service employers to provide unpaid 30-minute meal breaks after five consecutive work hours. The most significant substantive change is the effective date, which was moved from January 1, 2026 to July 1, 2050, making the law significantly less urgent. The definition of 'food service industry' was expanded to explicitly include restaurants, cafeterias, bars, catering services, and food trucks.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains the same - it applies to employers in the food service industry - but the effective date change dramatically alters when the requirements take effect.

TIMELINE

The effective date was changed from January 1, 2026 to July 1, 2050, delaying the implementation of meal break requirements by nearly 25 years.

DEFINITION

The definition of 'food service industry' was expanded to explicitly list restaurants, cafeterias, bars, catering services, and food trucks as included businesses.

TECHNICAL

The document format changed from traditional legislative text to a structured data format with metadata fields including author information and revision numbers.

REQUIREMENT

The meal break requirement text was slightly modified to specify 'thirty consecutive minutes for each consecutive hours of working time' instead of 'each five consecutive hours of working time'.

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Committee

Feb 12, 2025

Committee

Reported from LBT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 350) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN.

upper

Feb 7, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in LBT were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Aquino, Lee, C., Moriwaki; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Ihara, Fevella.

upper

Feb 4, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on LBT has scheduled a public hearing on 02-07-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 23, 2025

Committee

Referred to LBT, CPN.

upper

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Introduced.

upper

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor