HB 1388 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO RETIRANTS.

Summary

Allows a retirant to be employed without reenrollment in the Employees' Retirement System and without loss or interruption of retirement benefits if the retirant is employed as an investigator in a position identified by the Department of Law Enforcement or Department of the Attorney General as a labor shortage or difficult—to-fill position, subject to certain conditions. Requires the director of human resources of the appropriate state jurisdiction to include in the director's annual report to the Legislature, details on the employment of retirants as investigators. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 23, 2025 Last action Dec 8, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB1388 → HB1388_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to renumber it as HD1 and update internal tracking metadata. The most significant substantive change is the effective date, which was moved from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 3000, likely indicating a placeholder or a future legislative session date. A minor formatting correction was made to the title, changing 'relating' to 'RELATING TO'.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on retirants in law enforcement or the attorney general's office, but the delayed effective date significantly impacts when the new reporting requirements for retirant employment take effect.

TIMELINE

The effective date for the Act was changed from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 3000, which will delay the implementation of reporting requirements on retirant employment by many years.

TECHNICAL

The bill title was updated from 'HB1388' to 'HB1388 HD1', and the title text was capitalized for consistency.

Internal metadata, such as document IDs and timestamps, were updated to reflect the new version history.

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Committee

Feb 13, 2025

Committee

Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 535) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 11, 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; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

lower

Jan 27, 2025

Committee

Referred to LAB, FIN, referral sheet 4

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

11 primary · 0 co-sponsors