HB 2263 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

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HB 2263 authorizes eligible state employees to take family leave for military-related family emergencies, such as a service member's deployment or sudden military orders. It directly affects state workers whose families face qualifying military exigencies under state law. The bill establishes a specific leave provision within state family leave rules, allowing time off without losing pay or job protections. This creates a concrete policy change for state employees managing military family obligations, separate from federal provisions.

Issues: ✓ Labor & Employment

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Feb 2026

House Passage

Feb 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 26, 2026 Last action Feb 20, 2026

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HB2263 → HB2263_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill amends Hawaii's family leave law to explicitly include 'qualifying military exigency' as a valid reason for taking leave, aligning state law with federal standards. It clarifies that notice for military leave is required only when the need is foreseeable and sets a future effective date of July 1, 3000.

Scope change

The bill expands the scope of family leave eligibility to include military family members facing exigencies, whereas the previous version did not explicitly list this category.

ELIGIBILITY

Added 'qualifying military exigency' as a specific reason an employee is entitled to take family leave.

REQUIREMENT

Updated the notice requirement to include qualifying military exigency alongside other foreseeable events like birth or adoption.

TIMELINE

Changed the effective date of the act from 'upon approval' to a specific future date of July 1, 3000.

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

Feb 20, 2026

Lower · Passed

Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1).

lower

Feb 20, 2026

Committee

Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 627-26), recommending referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 17, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. 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

Feb 11, 2026

Committee

Reported from PBS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 197-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to LAB.

lower

Feb 6, 2026

Lower · Passed

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

lower

Jan 30, 2026

Committee

Referred to PBS, LAB, FIN, referral sheet 5

lower

Jan 28, 2026

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 26, 2026

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors