HB 1144 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT IN THE STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROGRAM.

Summary

Allows the Department of Land and Natural Resources to employ non-civil service professional and technical staff in its State Historic Preservation Program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House Passage

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 21, 2025 Last action Mar 4, 2025

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HB1144_HD1 → HB1144_HD2 · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill amends Hawaii's civil service law to allow the Department of Land and Natural Resources to hire professional and technical staff for its State Historic Preservation Program without requiring them to be civil service employees. Previously, all state positions were subject to civil service rules unless specifically exempted, but this bill adds a new exemption for these specific historic preservation roles. The change is effective July 1, 3000, which appears to be a placeholder date rather than an intended implementation date.

Scope change

The bill expands the list of positions exempt from civil service requirements to include professional and technical staff working within the State Historic Preservation Division of the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

ELIGIBILITY

Added a new exemption in the civil service law allowing professional and technical staff in the State Historic Preservation Division to be employed without civil service requirements

TIMELINE

Set the effective date to July 1, 3000, which is likely a placeholder or error since the current year is 2025

DEFINITION

Changed the referenced statute from Section 6E-3 (Historic preservation program) to Section 76-16 (Civil service chapter) to align with the actual civil service exemptions

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 4, 2025

Committee

Referred to WTL/LBT, WAM.

upper

Mar 4, 2025

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 147).

upper

Feb 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Feb 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Hussey, Ward.

lower

Feb 14, 2025

Committee

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4).

lower

Feb 14, 2025

Committee

Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 657) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 11, 2025

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

Jan 30, 2025

Committee

Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 19) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to LAB.

lower

Jan 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Lamosao, Belatti, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Morikawa, Poepoe, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Woodson.

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Committee

Referred to WAL, LAB, FIN, referral sheet 3

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors