SB 342 Hawaii Senate · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO PAID FAMILY LEAVE.

Summary

Requires five days of paid family leave annually for certain state and county employees. Ensures the protection of wage, seniority, and other employment benefits of employees who take paid family leave. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

Issues: ✓ Labor & Employment

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Feb 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 14, 2025 Last action Dec 8, 2025

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What changed between versions

SB342 → SB342_SD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill was converted from a House bill to a Senate District 1 version, updating metadata and dates. The most significant policy change restricts paid family leave eligibility to only state and county employees who are part of a collective bargaining unit, whereas the original text applied to all state and county employees. Additionally, the effective date of the law was moved from immediate approval to July 1, 2050.

Scope change

The bill's scope was narrowed from all state and county employees to only those included in collective bargaining units.

ELIGIBILITY

Paid family leave is now only available to employees covered by collective bargaining agreements negotiated under section 89-9, rather than all state and county employees.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the Act was changed from upon approval to July 1, 2050.

TECHNICAL

The bill title and description were updated to reflect the new eligibility requirements and the new effective date.

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

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. 374) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Feb 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in LBT were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Aquino, Lee, C., Ihara, Moriwaki, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Feb 7, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on LBT has scheduled a public hearing on 02-10-25 3:15PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to LBT, WAM.

upper

Jan 15, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and passed First Reading.

upper

Jan 14, 2025

Introduced

Pending Introduction.

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors