SB 342 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO PAID FAMILY LEAVE.

Summary
Requires five days of paid family leave annually for certain state and county employees. Ensures the protection of wage, seniority, and other employment benefits of employees who take paid family leave. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 14, 2025 Last action Feb 12, 2025
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What changed between versions

SB342 SB342_SD1 · 4 edits
MODERATE
The bill was reformatted from a standard legislative document to a structured digital template (SB342_SD1). The most significant substantive change is that paid family leave is now only available to state and county employees who are part of a collective bargaining unit, whereas the original version applied to all state and county employees. The effective date was also changed from immediate approval to July 1, 2050.
Scope change
The bill's applicability was narrowed from all state and county employees to only those employees included in bargaining units pursuant to section 89-6.
ELIGIBILITY

Paid family leave eligibility was restricted to employees included in collective bargaining units pursuant to section 89-6, rather than all state and county employees.

REQUIREMENT

The requirement for paid family leave was made conditional on being negotiated into a collective bargaining agreement pursuant to section 89-9.

TIMELINE

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

TECHNICAL

The document was converted from a standard legislative text format to a structured digital template with metadata headers.

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Actions timeline

Total actions
7
Key actions
2
Committee
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Feb 12, 2025
Committee
Reported from LBT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 374) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
upper
Feb 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in LBT were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Aquino, Lee, C., Ihara, Moriwaki, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
upper
Feb 7, 2025
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on LBT has scheduled a public hearing on 02-10-25 3:15PM; 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
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Henry Aquino
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HI
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