HB 1660 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO COUNTY LABOR STANDARDS.

Summary

Authorizes the counties to require contractors to disclose information regarding their employees' wages, benefits, hours, and employment status and deny, revoke, or suspend a building permit application for violating laws relating to wages, benefits, hours, and employment status, under certain conditions. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Issues: ✓ Labor & Employment

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Feb 2026

House Passage

Feb 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 20, 2026 Last action Feb 18, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB1660 → HB1660_HD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to reflect House of Representatives action, changing the effective date to July 1, 3000, and adding a specific note about the new effective date in the summary. Minor text corrections were made to clarify restrictions on disposing of school property and sewer lateral monitoring requirements.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on county labor standards, but the effective date was significantly altered to a future date of July 1, 3000.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the Act was changed from 'upon approval' to 'July 1, 3000'.

TECHNICAL

A parenthetical note '(HD1)' and an effective date note were added to the summary section to reflect the House version.

REQUIREMENT

Text regarding the disposal of school property was edited to clarify that such property 'shall not' be disposed of without consent.

The notice requirement for sewer lateral inspections was slightly reworded to read 'no less than ten calendar days' instead of 'not less than ten calendar days'.

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

Feb 18, 2026

Lower · Passed

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

lower

Feb 18, 2026

Committee

Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 400-26), recommending referral to JHA.

lower

Feb 12, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Grandinetti, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Kong, Lowen, Marten, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Tam.

lower

Feb 5, 2026

Committee

Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 20-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.

lower

Feb 3, 2026

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 26, 2026

Committee

Referred to LAB, CPC, JHA, referral sheet 1

lower

Jan 21, 2026

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 20, 2026

Introduced

Prefiled.

lower

13 primary · 0 co-sponsors