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SB 1350 Hawaii Senate · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Summary
Appropriates funds for collective bargaining cost items for the members of bargaining unit (5) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2025-2027. Declares the expenditure ceiling for fiscal year 2025-2026 is exceeded. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
Issues: ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesAppropriates funds for public employee salary adjustments, exceeding expenditure ceiling, increasing budget allocation for public employment.95% confidence ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentFunds collective bargaining costs and negotiated salary adjustments for public employees, directly supporting workers' collective bargaining rights and compensation negotiations.95% confidence
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 21, 2025 Last action Dec 8, 2025
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What changed between versions

SB1350 → SB1350_SD1 · 4 edits
MODERATE
The bill text was reformatted from a standard legislative draft into a Senate Draft 1 version, which includes metadata headers and modifies the effective date from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 2050. Additionally, Section 7 was expanded to formally declare that the state's general fund expenditure ceiling has been exceeded by approximately $8.5 million, providing a legal justification for the proposed spending.
Scope change
The scope of the bill's funding and eligibility remains unchanged, as the appropriations for collective bargaining cost items and the covered employee groups are identical in both versions.
TIMELINE

The effective date of the bill was changed from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 2050, likely as a placeholder or clerical error in the draft version.

REQUIREMENT

Section 7 was expanded to include a specific declaration that the state general fund expenditure ceiling has already been exceeded by $8,551,796, explaining the necessity of the appropriations.

TECHNICAL

Metadata headers, including bill numbers, dates, and template information, were added to the top of the document.

The formatting of the bill text was altered to include specific spacing and character sequences typical of Senate draft templates.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Actions timeline

Total actions
8
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Feb 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
upper
Feb 12, 2025
Committee
Reported from LBT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 375) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
upper
Jan 31, 2025
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in LBT were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Aquino, Lee, C., Ihara, Moriwaki; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.
upper
Jan 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on LBT has scheduled a public hearing on 01-31-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
upper
Jan 27, 2025
Committee
Referred to LBT, WAM.
upper
Jan 23, 2025
Introduced
Introduced and passed First Reading.
upper
Jan 21, 2025
Introduced
Pending Introduction.
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Ron Kouchi
Ron Kouchi
DDemocratic
HI
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