HB 2291 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO THE HAWAII NATIONAL GUARD.

Summary

Clarifies that employees of the Hawaii National Guard youth and adult educational programs are excluded from collective bargaining. Renames the "Hawaii National Guard Youth Challenge Program" to the "Hawaii National Guard Civil-Military Program" and codifies its Hawaiian name, "Nā Kula Alakaʻi". Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

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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HB2291 → HB2291_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill amends the Hawaii National Guard Civil-Military Program (Nā Kula Alakaʻi) by updating the effective date of the Act to July 1, 3000, and clarifying that the Chief of the National Guard Manual and Department of Defense Instruction apply to the State's cooperative agreement for the Youth Challenge Program. The changes also include minor formatting adjustments to the program's name and administrative details.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on the Hawaii National Guard Civil-Military Program, but it now explicitly references the applicability of specific Department of Defense instructions to the State's cooperative agreement.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the Act was changed from 'upon approval' to 'July 1, 3000', which appears to be a placeholder or future date rather than an immediate implementation.

REQUIREMENT

Added a requirement stating that the Chief of the National Guard Manual and Department of Defense Instruction apply to the State's cooperative agreement for the Youth Challenge Program.

TECHNICAL

Minor formatting and punctuation adjustments were made to the program name and related statutory text.

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. 625-26), 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. 195-26) 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, Iwamoto, Hashem, Ichiyama, Morikawa, Poepoe, Woodson, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 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