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HI HB 1599

died on adjournment

RELATING TO TRANSFER OF EMPLOYEE BENEFITS.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Requires the State, Legislature, and counties to amend rules and policies to ensure that certain employees can transfer accrued vacation and sick leaves if rehired by the State or a county within one calendar year of separation. Extends the allowable break in service for purposes of determining certain state and county contributions to the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund from ninety calendar days to one full year.

Introduced
2026-01-21
Status date
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Latest action
2026-01-26 — Referred to LAB, FIN, referral sheet 1
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • CHUNprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-26

    Referred to LAB, FIN, referral sheet 1

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-21

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

    introduction,reading-1

  3. 2026-01-16

    Prefiled.

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

Official source

https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1599&year=2026

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