HB 1859 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

Summary

Requires the Workforce Development Council to recommend to the Governor, a comprehensive Statewide Workforce Strategy to inclusion in the State Unified Plan and be responsible for facilitating the alignment of workforce development efforts and programs conducted by state departments and agencies to achieve the State Unified Plan and the Comprehensive Statewide Workforce Strategy. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Issues: ✓ Labor & Employment

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Mar 2026

House Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 23, 2026 Last action Mar 10, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB1859 → HB1859_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill revision updates the legislative metadata and formatting while making minor text adjustments to the workforce development strategy requirements. The most significant substantive change is the amendment of the effective date, moving the law's implementation from immediate approval to July 1, 3000, which appears to be a placeholder or error rather than an intended policy shift. Other changes include minor phrasing tweaks to ensure consistency in capitalization and punctuation throughout the document.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the Act was changed from 'upon approval' to 'July 1, 3000', likely indicating a placeholder date that needs correction.

TECHNICAL

Minor formatting and capitalization adjustments were made to section headers, titles, and statutory text for consistency.

Metadata fields such as author names, file references, and version numbers were updated to reflect the House of Representatives version (HD1).

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 LBT/GVO, WAM.

upper

Mar 6, 2026

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 57).

upper

Mar 5, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Perruso excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Feb 26, 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 18, 2026

Lower · Passed

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

lower

Feb 18, 2026

Committee

Reported from ECD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 412-26), recommending referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 13, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Ilagan, Hussey, Holt, Tam, Templo, Yamashita, Gedeon; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Feb 5, 2026

Committee

Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 18-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to ECD.

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, ECD, FIN, referral sheet 2

lower

Jan 26, 2026

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 23, 2026

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors