SB 1091 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO REMOTE WORK ASSESSMENTS.

Summary

Requires the Comptroller, in coordination with the Department of Human Resources Development, to periodically assess telework-eligible allocations of employees of certain state executive branch departments and agencies. Requires the first assessment and notification to be completed by 6/30/2026. Establishes a position within the Department of Accounting and General Services. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2491. (SD1)

Issues: ✓ Budget & Taxes

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Last action Feb 13, 2025

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SB1091 → SB1091_SD1 · 5 edits

MODERATE

This bill was reformatted from a traditional legislative document into a structured digital bill format, with substantive changes to statistics, dates, and specific language. The most significant policy change is the correction of a future effective date from 2491 to a realistic year, and updates to statistics regarding telework adoption rates and vacancy rates based on newer data. The bill's core purpose remains the same: requiring the state comptroller to assess telework eligibility and notify employees.

Scope change

The bill's scope was slightly narrowed to specify that assessments apply only to state executive branch departments and agencies occupying space in facilities managed by the department of accounting and general services or non-state facilities leased through that department.

TIMELINE

The effective date was changed from 'upon approval' to 'July 1, 2491' (likely a placeholder or error that should be corrected to a realistic year like 2026 or 2027).

REQUIREMENT

Statistics on telework adoption were updated from 78% not teleworking to 42% not teleworking or infrequently, and vacancy rates were updated from 27% in 2023 to 24% in 2024.

The bill now explicitly limits the comptroller's assessment requirement to state executive branch departments and agencies occupying specific types of facilities, narrowing the scope from all state employees.

FISCAL

A new section was added appropriating funds for one full-time equivalent management analyst position in the department of accounting and general services to support the assessment work.

TECHNICAL

The document was converted from a traditional page-based legislative format to a structured digital bill format with metadata headers.

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Committee

Feb 13, 2025

Committee

Reported from GVO/LBT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 410) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Feb 6, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in LBT were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Aquino, Moriwaki, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Lee, C., Ihara.

upper

Feb 6, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in GVO were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) McKelvey, Moriwaki, San Buenaventura, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard.

upper

Jan 31, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on GVO/LBT has scheduled a public hearing on 02-06-25 3:05PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 23, 2025

Committee

Referred to GVO/LBT, WAM.

upper

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Introduced.

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors