HB 2446 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO THE WAGE AND HOUR LAW.

Summary

Authorizes the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to establish a Community Wage Theft Enforcement Partnership Program and enter into contracts or memoranda of agreements with community-based organizations to enhance outreach, referral, and recovery of stolen wages. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Issues: ✓ Labor & Employment

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 27, 2026 Last action Feb 19, 2026

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What changed between versions

HB2446 → HB2446_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was renumbered from HB 2446 to HB 2446 HD1 and updated with new metadata. The most significant substantive change is the effective date of the Act, which was moved from July 1, 2026, to July 1, 3000, effectively deferring the implementation of the wage recovery partnership program indefinitely. Minor formatting adjustments were made to the title and introductory text.

Scope change

The bill's scope regarding the partnership program remains the same, but its applicability is now nullified due to the future effective date.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the Act was changed from July 1, 2026, to July 1, 3000.

TECHNICAL

The bill number was updated from HB 2446 to HB 2446 HD1, and associated metadata fields were updated.

The title text was standardized to all capital letters, and minor hyphenation in the body text was corrected.

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Committee

Feb 11, 2026

Committee

Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 184-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

lower

Feb 5, 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.

lower

Feb 2, 2026

Committee

Referred to LAB, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 6

lower

Jan 28, 2026

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 27, 2026

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

11 primary · 0 co-sponsors