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HI HB 755

died on adjournment

RELATING TO PAID FAMILY LEAVE.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

By 1/1/2028, requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to establish a family and medical leave insurance program and begin collecting payroll contributions to finance payment of benefits. By 1/1/2029, requires the Department to start receiving claims and paying benefits under the program. Specifies eligibility requirements and employee protections under the program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

Introduced
2025-01-21
Status date
Latest action
2025-12-08 — Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • MARTENprimary
  • MATSUMOTOprimary
  • MORIKAWAprimary
  • PERRUSOprimary
  • TAKAYAMAprimary
  • TAMprimary
  • TARNASprimary
  • TODDprimary
  • SAYAMAprimary
  • CHUNprimary
  • EVSLINprimary
  • GARRETTprimary
  • ICHIYAMAprimary
  • KAHALOAprimary
  • KITAGAWAprimary
  • LA CHICAprimary
  • LAMOSAOprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-12-08

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

    carried-over

  2. 2025-02-14

    Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Kong, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (5) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4).

    passage,referral-committee

  3. 2025-02-14

    Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 788) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.

  4. 2025-02-12

    The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Marten, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Kong; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Lowen, Tam.

    committee-passage-favorable

  5. 2025-02-10

    Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Wednesday, 02-12-25 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  6. 2025-02-06

    Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with Representative(s) Alcos, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Kong, Muraoka voting no (3) and Representative(s) Ward excused (1).

    reading-2,referral-committee

  7. 2025-02-06

    Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 235) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.

  8. 2025-02-04

    The committee on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Sayama, Lee, M., Garrett, Kapela; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Kong, Reyes Oda.

    committee-passage-favorable

  9. 2025-01-31

    Bill scheduled for decision making on Tuesday, 02-04-25 9:00AM in conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  10. 2025-01-30

    The committee(s) on LAB recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-04-25.

    deferral

  11. 2025-01-27

    Bill scheduled to be heard by LAB on Thursday, 01-30-25 9:00AM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  12. 2025-01-21

    Referred to LAB, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 2

    referral-committee

  13. 2025-01-21

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

    introduction,reading-1

  14. 2025-01-17

    Pending introduction.

Versions

Documents

Votes

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

    2025-02-04 · pass · 4-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Sayama: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • M: yes
    • Garrett: yes
    • Kapela: yes
    • Kong: not voting
    • Reyes Oda: not voting
  • The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2025-02-12 · pass · 6-1

    Member-level votes (10)
    • Chun: yes
    • Ilagan: yes
    • Ichiyama: yes
    • Iwamoto: yes
    • Marten: yes
    • Pierick: yes
    • Kong: no
    • Matayoshi: not voting
    • Lowen: not voting
    • Tam: not voting

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