SB 337 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.

Summary

Authorizes the Hawaii Labor Relations Board to request the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to furnish a list of five qualified and experienced interest arbitrators in the event the parties fail to select the neutral third member of the arbitration panel. Clarifies that the list of five interest arbitrators may contain arbitrators from both the American Arbitration Association and the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. (SD1)

Issues: ✓ Labor & Employment

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

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Governor

Introduced Jan 14, 2025 Last action Feb 10, 2025

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What changed between versions

SB337 → SB337_SD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill updates the collective bargaining dispute resolution process for Hawaii public sector employees. It clarifies how the Hawaii Labor Relations Board can request a list of qualified arbitrators when parties cannot agree on a neutral third member, and specifies that this list may include candidates from both the American Arbitration Association and the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. The changes streamline the arbitration panel selection process to prevent delays in resolving labor disputes.

REQUIREMENT

Clarified that the board may request arbitrators from both the American Arbitration Association and the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service when parties fail to select a neutral arbitrator.

Updated language to specify that the list of arbitrators may contain candidates from both organizations rather than listing them separately.

TECHNICAL

Reformatted the bill text from a traditional legislative document format to a structured document template format.

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Committee

Feb 10, 2025

Committee

Reported from LBT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 196) 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 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to LBT, WAM.

upper

Jan 15, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and passed First Reading.

upper

Jan 14, 2025

Introduced

Pending Introduction.

upper

5 primary · 2 co-sponsors