HB 161 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.

Summary

Repeals the prohibition placed on certain employees exempt from civil service law from grieving a suspension or discharge. Allows any employee who is a member of an appropriate bargaining unit and their excluded counterparts to grieve a suspension or discharge. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Issues: ✓ Labor & Employment

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 14, 2025 Last action Dec 8, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB161 → HB161_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was updated to reflect House District Committee 1 (HD1) amendments, primarily expanding the right to grieve suspensions or discharges to include both bargaining unit members and their excluded counterparts. The effective date was significantly altered from immediate approval to a distant future date of July 1, 3000, likely serving as a placeholder or error in the markup. Several administrative metadata fields, such as bill numbers and timestamps, were also updated to reflect the new version.

Scope change

The scope of grievance rights was expanded to explicitly include 'excluded counterparts' alongside members of an appropriate bargaining unit.

ELIGIBILITY

Expanded eligibility for grievance rights to include 'excluded counterparts' in addition to bargaining unit members.

TIMELINE

Changed the effective date of the Act from 'upon approval' to 'July 1, 3000'.

TECHNICAL

Updated bill identifiers, revision numbers, and associated metadata to reflect the HD1 version.

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Committee

Feb 13, 2025

Committee

Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 542) 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 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to LAB, FIN, referral sheet 1

lower

Jan 16, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 14, 2025

Introduced

Prefiled.

lower

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors