HB 1595 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO THE STATE LIBRARIAN.

HB 1595 repeals the existing salary cap for the state librarian, allowing the position to receive compensation above the previous limit. This change directly affects the state librarian, who will now have their salary determined without the former restriction. The bill's key mechanism is simply removing the statutory cap on the librarian's pay rate. No other provisions or impacts are described in the provided context.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Mar 2026

House Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 16, 2026 Last action Mar 10, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB1595 → HB1595_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to correct a clerical error in the effective date, changing it from July 1, 2026, to July 1, 3000. This change delays the implementation of the salary cap removal for the state librarian by nearly 800 years. Additionally, the bill number was updated to reflect House Draft 1, and various metadata fields were adjusted during the revision process.

Scope change

The bill's substantive scope regarding the removal of the state librarian's salary cap remains unchanged, but the timeline for its enforcement has been drastically extended.

TIMELINE

The effective date for repealing the state librarian's salary cap was changed from July 1, 2026, to July 1, 3000.

TECHNICAL

The bill title was updated from 'HB1595' to 'HB1595 HD1' to indicate it is the first House Draft version.

Metadata regarding document revision numbers, page counts, and timestamps were updated to reflect the new draft version.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 10, 2026

Committee

Referred to EDU, WAM.

upper

Mar 10, 2026

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 139).

upper

Mar 6, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Pierick, Shimizu voting no (3) and Representative(s) Perruso, Sayama excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Mar 3, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. 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 20, 2026

Committee

Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 692-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 19, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, La Chica, Amato, Evslin, Garrett, Kapela, Kila, Olds, Muraoka, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Jan 26, 2026

Committee

Referred to EDN, FIN, referral sheet 1

lower

Jan 21, 2026

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 16, 2026

Introduced

Prefiled.

lower

4 primary · 0 co-sponsors