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SB 1352 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Summary
Appropriates funds for collective bargaining cost items for the members of bargaining unit (7) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2025-2027. Effective 7/1/2050. Declares the expenditure ceiling for fiscal year 2025-2026 is exceeded. (SD1)
Issues: ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesAppropriates funds for public employee salaries and exceeds expenditure ceiling, directly funding public employment costs under budget topic.95% confidence ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentAppropriates funds for collective bargaining cost items and salary adjustments, directly supporting worker negotiation rights under public employment.95% confidence
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 21, 2025 Last action Feb 7, 2025
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What changed between versions

SB1352 → SB1352_SD1 · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill was reformatted from an original version to a Senate Draft 1 version, which includes updated metadata, corrected section numbering, and a revised effective date for the legislation.
Scope change
The bill's substantive scope and funding amounts remain unchanged, but the effective date was modified from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 2050, which appears to be a clerical error rather than an intentional policy change.
TIMELINE

The effective date of the Act was changed from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 2050.

TECHNICAL

Section headers and formatting were updated to reflect Senate Draft 1 status with new metadata fields.

The justification sheet description was updated to include the new effective date and expenditure ceiling declaration.

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Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
7
Key actions
2
Committee
4
Feb 7, 2025
Committee
Reported from LBT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 109) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
upper
Jan 31, 2025
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in LBT were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Aquino, Lee, C., Ihara, Moriwaki; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.
upper
Jan 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on LBT has scheduled a public hearing on 01-31-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
upper
Jan 27, 2025
Committee
Referred to LBT, WAM.
upper
Jan 23, 2025
Introduced
Introduced and passed First Reading.
upper
Jan 21, 2025
Introduced
Pending Introduction.
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
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Photo of Ron Kouchi
Ron Kouchi
DDemocratic
HI
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