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HI HB 755

died on adjournment

RELATING TO PAID FAMILY LEAVE.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did HI HB 755 pass?

No. HI HB 755 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 (2025-12-08): Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

What is HI HB 755 about?

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)

Who sponsors HI HB 755?

MARTEN, MATSUMOTO, MORIKAWA and 14 others are the primary sponsors of HI HB 755.

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
Latest action
2025-12-08 — Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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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

Newest first

  1. 2025-12-08

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

    carried-over

  2. 2025-02-14

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

  3. 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

  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

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

  7. 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

  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

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

    introduction,reading-1

  13. 2025-01-21

    Referred to LAB, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 2

    referral-committee

  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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Official source

https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=755&year=2026

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