SB 1347 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Summary

Appropriates funds for collective bargaining cost items for the members of bargaining unit (2) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2025-2027. Declares the expenditure ceiling for fiscal year 2025-2026 is exceeded. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 21, 2025 Last action Feb 7, 2025

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What changed between versions

SB1347 → SB1347_SD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was reformatted from a draft version to a standardized Senate document template, with minor text corrections to align language across sections. The substantive policy content regarding funding amounts, eligibility criteria, and effective dates remained unchanged, though the effective date appears to be a placeholder (July 1, 2050) that likely needs correction. The document structure was standardized with proper Senate headers and section numbering.

Scope change

No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; only formatting and template standardization were applied.

TECHNICAL

Document was reformatted from a raw draft to a standardized Senate bill template with proper headers and section numbering.

Text was corrected to change 'appropriated' to 'appropriated or authorized' in several sections to reflect both funding and authorization language.

New sections were added regarding expenditure ceiling declarations and fund lapse provisions.

TIMELINE

Effective date was set to July 1, 2050, which appears to be an error or placeholder requiring legislative correction.

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Committee

Feb 7, 2025

Committee

Reported from LBT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 104) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Jan 31, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in LBT were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Aquino, Lee, C., Ihara, Moriwaki; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.

upper

Jan 28, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on LBT has scheduled a public hearing on 01-31-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 27, 2025

Committee

Referred to LBT, WAM.

upper

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and passed First Reading.

upper

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Pending Introduction.

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors