RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.
Summary
Establishes a collective bargaining unit for graduate assistants employed by the University of Hawaii.
Bill status
in committee
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Feb 2022
House Passage
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 18, 2022
Last action Feb 7, 2022
Floor votes · House Feb 7, 2022
How they voted
46–1
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 51
Feb 7, 2022
D
Democratic46
93% Yea
R
Republican4
50% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Feb 7, 2022
Committee
Reported from HET (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 35-22), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to LAT.
lower
Feb 7, 2022
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (46-1-4)
house
Feb 2, 2022
Lower · Passed
The committees on HET recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Clark, Belatti, Ganaden, Gates, Hashimoto, Kapela, Ohno, Quinlan, Yamane; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Okimoto; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Woodson.
lower
Jan 26, 2022
Committee
Referred to HET, LAT, FIN, referral sheet 1
lower
Jan 19, 2022
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
Jan 18, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled.
lower
8 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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