HB 1183 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO ALLOWANCE ON SERVICE RETIREMENTS.

Summary
Includes certain law enforcement administrators and employees of the Department of Law Enforcement as class A members of the pension and retirement systems and provides guidance for the computation of retirement benefits similar to police officers. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD3)
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 22, 2025 Last action Mar 12, 2026
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MODERATE
This bill updates the Hawaii pension system to include law enforcement administrators and employees as Class A members, ensuring their retirement benefits are calculated similarly to police officers. It also introduces new definitions for 'Sheriff' and 'Director of Law Enforcement' to clarify who qualifies for these benefits.
Scope change
The bill's scope was expanded to explicitly include the Department of Law Enforcement administrators and employees in the Class A pension category, whereas previous versions had ambiguous or different classifications.
DEFINITION

Added specific definitions for 'Sheriff' and 'Director of Law Enforcement' to clarify eligibility for pension benefits.

TIMELINE

Extended the effective date for certain law enforcement classifications from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 2026.

Updated the effective date for the director of law enforcement and deputy director classification from June 30, 2025, to June 30, 2026.

ELIGIBILITY

Adjusted the cutoff date for judges to be included in Class A from July 1, 2031, to June 30, 2031, and added a new eligibility category for judges first employed after June 30, 2031.

REQUIREMENT

Revised the retirement allowance calculation formulas for members with credited service as elective officers, legislative officers, and judges to reflect new age thresholds and percentage rates.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
20
Key actions
5
Committee
7
Mar 12, 2026
Committee
Referred to PSM/LBT, WAM.
upper
Mar 12, 2026
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 229).
upper
Mar 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 3 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.
lower
Feb 26, 2026
Lower · Passed
The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
lower
Feb 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4).
lower
Feb 14, 2025
Committee
Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 696) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
lower
Feb 12, 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
Feb 4, 2025
Committee
Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 132) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
lower
Jan 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
The committee on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Sayama, Lee, M., Garrett, Kapela, Kong, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
lower
Jan 27, 2025
Committee
Referred to LAB, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 4
lower
Jan 23, 2025
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
Jan 22, 2025
Introduced
Pending introduction.
lower
7 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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