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HI HB 214

died on adjournment

RELATING TO GOVERNMENT.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did HI HB 214 pass?

No. HI HB 214 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-04-02): Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).

What is HI HB 214 about?

Allows a retirant to be employed without reenrollment in the Employees' Retirement System and without loss or interruption of benefits under the System or the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund if the retirant is employed in a position needed for succession planning, as a law enforcement officer stationed at a public school as a resource officer, as an investigator, or in a management position excluded from collective bargaining, subject to certain conditions. Requires the director of human resources of the appropriate state jurisdiction or the human resources management chief executive of each county to include in their annual reports to the Legislature details on the employment of retirants as school resource officers or investigators. (SD2)

Who sponsors HI HB 214?

TAKAYAMA, KILA, KITAGAWA and 7 others are the primary sponsors of HI HB 214.

Description

Allows a retirant to be employed without reenrollment in the Employees' Retirement System and without loss or interruption of benefits under the System or the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund if the retirant is employed in a position needed for succession planning, as a law enforcement officer stationed at a public school as a resource officer, as an investigator, or in a management position excluded from collective bargaining, subject to certain conditions. Requires the director of human resources of the appropriate state jurisdiction or the human resources management chief executive of each county to include in their annual reports to the Legislature details on the employment of retirants as school resource officers or investigators. (SD2)

Introduced
2025-01-16
Latest action
2026-04-02 — Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • TAKAYAMAprimary
  • KILAprimary
  • KITAGAWAprimary
  • LA CHICAprimary
  • MARTENprimary
  • MIYAKEprimary
  • OLDSprimary
  • SOUZAprimary
  • TARNASprimary
  • TODDprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-04-02

    Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).

    receipt

  2. 2026-04-01

    House Conferee(s) discharged.

  3. 2026-03-20

    Senate Conferee(s) discharged.

  4. 2026-03-20

    Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 409).

    receipt

  5. 2025-12-08

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

    carried-over

  6. 2025-04-25

    Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-25-25 at 2:30PM in Conference Room 016.

  7. 2025-04-25

    Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday, 04-25-25 at 4:30PM in Conference Room 325.

  8. 2025-04-24

    Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-25-25 10:00AM in conference room 016.

  9. 2025-04-23

    Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-24-25 10:00AM in conference room 016.

  10. 2025-04-22

    Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-23-25 10:01AM in conference room 016.

  11. 2025-04-21

    Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 781).

    receipt

  12. 2025-04-21

    Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Tuesday 04-22-25 10:01AM in conference room 016.

  13. 2025-04-17

    House Conferees Appointed: Sayama, Lee, M. Co-Chairs; Reyes Oda.

  14. 2025-04-17

    Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-21-25 10:00AM in conference room 016.

  15. 2025-04-16

    Senate Conferees Appointed: Aquino Chair; Moriwaki Co-Chair; Fevella.

  16. 2025-04-16

    Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 810).

    receipt

  17. 2025-04-11

    Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 704).

    receipt

  18. 2025-04-10

    House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

    amendment-failure

  19. 2025-04-08

    Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

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  20. 2025-04-08

    Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 603) in amended form (SD 2).

  21. 2025-04-03

    Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1655) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

  22. 2025-04-03

    48 Hrs. Notice 04-08-25.

  23. 2025-03-31

    The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  24. 2025-03-28

    The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-31-25 10:02AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  25. 2025-03-19

    Reported from LBT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1170) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

  26. 2025-03-19

    Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.

    passage,reading-2,referral-committee

  27. 2025-03-12

    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, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Moriwaki.

    committee-passage-favorable

  28. 2025-03-10

    The committee(s) on LBT deferred the measure until 03-12-25 3:01PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

    deferral

  29. 2025-03-07

    The committee(s) on LBT has scheduled a public hearing on 03-10-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

  30. 2025-03-06

    Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 199).

    introduction,receipt

  31. 2025-03-06

    Passed First Reading.

    reading-1

  32. 2025-03-06

    Referred to LBT, WAM.

    referral-committee

  33. 2025-03-04

    Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

    passage

  34. 2025-02-28

    Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1106), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  35. 2025-02-26

    Bill scheduled for decision making on Wednesday, 02-26-25 11:00AM in conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  36. 2025-02-26

    The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.

    committee-passage-favorable

  37. 2025-02-25

    The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-26-25.

    deferral

  38. 2025-02-21

    Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 02-25-25 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  39. 2025-02-13

    Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 537) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

  40. 2025-02-13

    Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3).

    reading-2,referral-committee

  41. 2025-02-11

    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; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  42. 2025-02-07

    Bill scheduled to be heard by LAB on Tuesday, 02-11-25 9:00AM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  43. 2025-01-21

    Referred to LAB, FIN, referral sheet 1

    referral-committee

  44. 2025-01-16

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

    introduction,reading-1

  45. 2025-01-15

    Pending introduction.

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • The committee on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2025-02-11 · pass · 6-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Sayama: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • M: yes
    • Garrett: yes
    • Kapela: yes
    • Kong: yes
    • Reyes Oda: yes

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

    2025-02-26 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (17)
    • Yamashita: yes
    • Takenouchi: yes
    • Grandinetti: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hussey: yes
    • Keohokapu-Lee Loy: yes
    • Kitagawa: yes
    • Kusch: yes
    • Lamosao: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • M: yes
    • Miyake: yes
    • Morikawa: yes
    • Templo: yes
    • Alcos: yes
    • Reyes Oda: yes
    • Ward: not voting

  • The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2025-03-12 · pass · 4-0

    Member-level votes (6)
    • Aquino: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • C: yes
    • Ihara: yes
    • Fevella: yes
    • Moriwaki: not voting

  • The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2025-03-31 · pass · 13-0

    Member-level votes (14)
    • Dela Cruz: yes
    • Moriwaki: yes
    • Aquino: yes
    • DeCoite: yes
    • Elefante: yes
    • Hashimoto: yes
    • Inouye: yes
    • Kanuha: yes
    • Kidani: yes
    • Kim: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • C: yes
    • Wakai: yes
    • Fevella: yes

  • Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

    2025-04-08 · pass · 25-0

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https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=214&year=2026

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