HB 2272 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

MAKING EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Summary

Makes emergency appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of bargaining unit (11) and their excluded counterparts, including health premium payments and the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2025-2027.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

May 2026

House Passage

May 2026

Senate Passage

May 2026

Signed into Law

May 2026

Introduced Jan 26, 2026 Signed May 26, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB2272_HD1 → HB2272_SD1 · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to transition from a House Draft (HD1) to a Senate Draft (SD1), updating authorship and internal tracking numbers. The most significant substantive change is the effective date of the emergency appropriations, which was moved from July 1, 3000, to July 1, 2050. This adjustment likely corrects a clerical error in the original draft to ensure the funding for salary increases and collective bargaining costs takes effect within a reasonable timeframe.

Scope change

The scope of the bill remains focused on funding collective bargaining and salary adjustments for state employees in bargaining unit (11) and their excluded counterparts, with no changes to eligibility criteria or funding amounts.

TIMELINE

The effective date for the emergency appropriations was changed from July 1, 3000, to July 1, 2050, likely to correct a typo and ensure the law becomes active soon after passage.

TECHNICAL

Header information was updated to reflect the Senate Draft version, including changing the author name from Michael Ganoot to Joseph Brown and Ainoa Naniole, and updating revision numbers and timestamps.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

May 6, 2026

Upper · Passed

Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.

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May 6, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

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May 1, 2026

Introduced

48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-06-26

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May 1, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 148-26).

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May 1, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 148-26) as amended in (CD 1).

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May 1, 2026

Upper · Passed

The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Elefante, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Ihara.

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May 1, 2026

Lower · Passed

The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Sayama, Lee, M., Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

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Apr 30, 2026

Lower · Passed

Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 05-01-26 9:00AM in conference room 016.

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Apr 29, 2026

Lower · Passed

Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-30-26 9:00AM in conference room 016.

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Apr 28, 2026

Lower · Passed

Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-29-26 9:00AM in conference room 016.

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Apr 27, 2026

Lower · Passed

Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Tuesday 04-28-26 9:00AM in conference room 016.

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Apr 24, 2026

Lower · Passed

Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Monday 04-27-26 9:00AM in conference room 016.

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Apr 23, 2026

Lower · Passed

Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-24-26 9:00AM in conference room 016.

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Apr 22, 2026

Lower · Passed

Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-23-26 9:00AM in conference room 016.

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Apr 16, 2026

Amended

House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

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Apr 14, 2026

Introduced

Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 669) in amended form (SD 1).

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Apr 14, 2026

Upper · Passed

Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

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Apr 6, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 12 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Richards, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Lee, C..

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Mar 30, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-01-26 10:03AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

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Mar 23, 2026

Upper · Passed

Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.

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Mar 23, 2026

Committee

Reported from LBT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3117) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.

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Mar 16, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in LBT were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Elefante, Lamosao, Ihara, Moriwaki; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.

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Mar 12, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on LBT has scheduled a public hearing on 03-16-26 3:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

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Mar 10, 2026

Committee

Referred to LBT, WAM.

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Mar 6, 2026

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 91).

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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.

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Feb 19, 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.

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Feb 17, 2026

Committee

Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 274-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

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Feb 10, 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; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

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Jan 30, 2026

Committee

Referred to LAB, FIN, referral sheet 5

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Jan 28, 2026

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

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Jan 26, 2026

Introduced

Pending introduction.

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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors