RELATING TO TRANSFER OF EMPLOYEE BENEFITS.
Summary
Requires the State, Legislature, and counties to amend rules and policies to ensure that certain employees can transfer accrued vacation and sick leaves if rehired by the State or a county within one calendar year of separation. Extends the allowable break in service for purposes of determining certain state and county contributions to the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund from ninety calendar days to one full year.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 16, 2026
Last action Jan 26, 2026
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
3
Key actions
0
Committee
1
Jan 26, 2026
Committee
Referred to LAB, FIN, referral sheet 1
lower
Jan 21, 2026
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
Jan 16, 2026
Introduced
Prefiled.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Cory Chun
DDemocratic
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