RELATING TO THE WAGE AND HOUR LAW.
Summary
Amends the definition of "employee" in Hawaii's wage and hour law by excluding individuals who are primarily engaged in the range production of livestock. Effective July 1, 3000. (HD1)
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 16, 2025
Last action Feb 14, 2025
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MINOR
This bill amends Hawaii's wage and hour law to update the definition of 'employee' by adding a new exemption for individuals working in the range production of livestock. The change clarifies that workers primarily engaged in this specific agricultural activity are not covered under the state's minimum wage and overtime protections, aligning the law with existing federal standards for similar agricultural work.
Scope change
The bill expands the scope of exemptions from wage and hour protections to include range production of livestock workers, who were not explicitly excluded in the previous version of the statute.
SCOPE
Added a new exemption (subsection 15) for individuals primarily engaged in the range production of livestock, removing them from the definition of 'employee' under the wage and hour law.
TIMELINE
Changed the effective date of the act from 'upon approval' to 'July 1, 3000', which appears to be a placeholder or error date that should be reviewed.
TECHNICAL
Updated formatting and removed internal document tracking information (file names, timestamps, and page markers) that were present in the original draft.
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Actions timeline
Total actions
11
Key actions
2
Committee
6
Feb 14, 2025
Committee
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Perruso voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4).
lower
Feb 14, 2025
Committee
Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 646), recommending referral to FIN.
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Kahaloa, Kusch, Lowen, Quinlan; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Perruso; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.
lower
Jan 30, 2025
Committee
Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 9) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to AGR.
lower
Jan 28, 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; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
lower
Jan 21, 2025
Committee
Referred to LAB, AGR, FIN, referral sheet 1
lower
Jan 17, 2025
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
Jan 16, 2025
Introduced
Pending introduction.
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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