Issue · Labor & Employment

Labor & Employment (Paid Leave)

Every labor & employment bill, vote, and legislator stance in Hawaii, automatically classified by Maddy, our AI policy reader.

Total bills
25
2026 Regular Session
Top supporter
-
no data yet
Top opponent
Sam Kong
33% support rate
Ranked legislators
1
0 support · 1 oppose
Showing 11–20 of 25 bills

All labor & employment bills

passed · Hawaii · House Dec 8, 2025

HB 755: RELATING TO PAID FAMILY LEAVE.

By 1/1/2028, requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to establish a family and medical leave insurance program and begin collecting payroll contributions to finance payment of benefits. By 1/1/2029, requires the Department to start receiving claims and paying benefits under the program. Specifies eligibility requirements and employee protections under the program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
Sub-Topics Paid Leave
in committee · Hawaii · House Dec 8, 2025

HB 425: RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT.

Establishes a paid family leave program for state and county employees. Authorizes a qualifying employee to take up to 12 weeks of paid leave for the birth or placement of a child or to care for a family member who has a serious health condition. Requires the employee to agree to subsequently work for the employer for at least 12 weeks upon return to service except under certain conditions. Effective 1/1/2026.
in committee · Hawaii · Senate Dec 8, 2025

SB 859: RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT.

Establishes a paid family leave program for state and county employees. Authorizes a qualifying employee to take up to 12 weeks of paid leave for the birth or placement of a child or to care for a family member who has a serious health condition. Requires the employee to agree to subsequently work for the employer for at least 12 weeks upon return to service except under certain conditions.
in committee · Hawaii · Senate Dec 8, 2025

SB 852: RELATING TO PAID FAMILY LEAVE.

By 1/1/2028, requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to establish a family and medical leave insurance program and begin collecting payroll contributions to finance payment of benefits. By 1/1/2029, requires the Department to start receiving claims and paying benefits under the program. Specifies eligibility requirements and employee protections under the program.
Sub-Topics Paid Leave
passed · Hawaii · House Feb 20, 2026

HB 2263: RELATING TO CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS.

HB 2263 authorizes eligible state employees to take family leave for military-related family emergencies, such as a service member's deployment or sudden military orders. It directly affects state workers whose families face qualifying military exigencies under state law. The bill establishes a specific leave provision within state family leave rules, allowing time off without losing pay or job protections. This creates a concrete policy change for state employees managing military family obligations, separate from federal provisions.
passed · Hawaii · House Mar 12, 2026

HB 2360: RELATING TO PAID FAMILY LEAVE.

By 1/1/2029, requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to establish a family and medical leave insurance program and begin collecting payroll contributions to finance payment of benefits. By 1/1/2030, requires the Department to begin receiving claims and paying benefits under the program. Specifies eligibility requirements and employee protections under the program. Excludes paid family and medical leave benefits from income tax. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
Sub-Topics Income Tax Paid Leave
in committee · Hawaii · House Dec 8, 2025

HB 555: RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES.

HB 555 requires most employers to provide employees with a 10-minute paid rest break for every four hours worked. This law directly affects covered employees in workplaces subject to the bill's requirements. The key provision mandates that employers authorize and permit these breaks, ensuring employees receive paid rest time during shifts. The bill is scheduled to take effect on July 1, 3000 (a date that appears to be a typographical error, as it is far in the future).
passed · Hawaii · Senate Dec 8, 2025

SB 342: RELATING TO PAID FAMILY LEAVE.

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)
Sub-Topics Paid Leave
in committee · Hawaii · House Dec 8, 2025

HB 695: RELATING TO PAID FAMILY LEAVE.

By 1/1/2027, requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to establish a family and medical leave insurance program and begin collecting payroll contributions to finance payment of benefits. By 1/1/2028, requires the Department to start receiving claims and paying benefits under the program. Specifies eligibility requirements and employee protections under the program.
Sub-Topics Paid Leave
in committee · Hawaii · Senate Dec 8, 2025

SB 407: RELATING TO EMPLOYEE BENEFITS.

Expands the State's temporary disability insurance coverage to, and exempts from TDI benefit eligibility requirements that are employment-related, employees who are unable to perform their employment duties due to the employee's childbirth or provision of kangaroo care to, or expression of breast milk for, the employee's child who is required to stay in a neonatal intensive care unit. Extends under certain conditions the temporary disability benefit payment period and family leave period for employees who are unable to perform their employment duties due to a preterm birth of a child who is required to stay in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) or birth of a child who is required to stay in a NICU for more than eight weeks. Defines "kangaroo care" and "preterm birth". Requires the Department of Health to amend its rules to include neonatal care as related condition where the phrase "pregnancy, childbirth, or other related condition" is used.
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