HB 161 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.

Summary

Repeals the prohibition placed on certain employees exempt from civil service law from grieving a suspension or discharge. Allows any employee who is a member of an appropriate bargaining unit and their excluded counterparts to grieve a suspension or discharge. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Issues: ✓ Labor & Employment

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 14, 2025 Last action Feb 13, 2025

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HB161 → HB161_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill amends Hawaii's collective bargaining law to expand who can file grievances against suspension or discharge. Previously, certain exempt employees could not grieve such actions unless their contract explicitly allowed it. The change removes this restriction for bargaining unit members and their counterparts, allowing them to grieve suspensions or discharges regardless of their employment status.

Scope change

Expanded eligibility for grievance rights to include all bargaining unit members and their excluded counterparts, removing the previous limitation that only applied to employees not in exempt positions.

ELIGIBILITY

Changed grievance eligibility from only employees not in exempt positions to include all bargaining unit members and their excluded counterparts.

TIMELINE

Changed effective date from bill approval to July 1, 3000 (likely a placeholder or error in the version).

TECHNICAL

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Committee

Feb 13, 2025

Committee

Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 542) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and 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 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to LAB, FIN, referral sheet 1

lower

Jan 16, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 14, 2025

Introduced

Prefiled.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors