HI SB 717
died on adjournmentRELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.
Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · upper
Quick answers
Did HI SB 717 pass?
No. HI SB 717 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 SB 717 about?
Repeals the prohibition placed on certain employees exempt from Civil Service Law from grieving a suspension or discharge. Allows any employee who is a member of an appropriate bargaining unit to grieve a suspension or discharge. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
Who sponsors HI SB 717?
AQUINO, CHANG, FEVELLA and 6 others are the primary sponsors of HI SB 717, joined by 3 cosponsors.
Description
Repeals the prohibition placed on certain employees exempt from Civil Service Law from grieving a suspension or discharge. Allows any employee who is a member of an appropriate bargaining unit to grieve a suspension or discharge. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
- Introduced
- 2025-01-17
- Latest action
- 2026-04-02 — Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- AQUINOprimary
- CHANGprimary
- FEVELLAprimary
- FUKUNAGAprimary
- HASHIMOTOprimary
- KIDANIprimary
- MORIWAKIprimary
- RHOADSprimary
- SAN BUENAVENTURAprimary
- Gabbardcosponsor
- McKelveycosponsor
- Richardscosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2026-04-02
Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
receipt
2026-04-01
House Conferee(s) discharged.
2026-03-20
Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 409).
receipt
2026-03-20
Senate Conferee(s) discharged.
2025-12-08
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
carried-over
2025-04-25
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 4:30 PM; Conference Room 016.
2025-04-25
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 2:30 PM; Conference Room 016.
2025-04-24
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 10:15AM; Conference Room 016.
2025-04-23
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-25 10:15AM; Conference Room 016.
2025-04-22
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-23-25 10:15AM; Conference Room 016.
2025-04-21
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-22-25 10:16AM; Conference Room 016.
2025-04-17
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-21-25 10:15AM; Conference Room 016.
2025-04-16
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 809).
receipt
2025-04-16
Senate Conferees Appointed: Aquino Chair; Lee, C., Chang Co-Chairs; Fevella.
2025-04-15
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 731).
receipt
2025-04-14
House Conferees Appointed: Sayama, Lee, M. Co-Chairs; Reyes Oda.
2025-04-08
Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 774).
receipt
2025-04-08
Senate disagrees with House amendments.
amendment-failure
2025-04-08
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 583).
introduction,receipt
2025-04-04
Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kapela excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.
passage
2025-04-04
Passed Second Reading; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kapela excused (2).
2025-04-04
Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1960), recommending passage on Third Reading.
2025-04-01
The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Alcos.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-28
Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 04-01-25 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2025-03-13
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, Holt, Ward, Woodson excused (4).
reading-2,referral-committee
2025-03-13
Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1178) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
2025-03-11
The committee on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Sayama, Lee, M., Garrett, Kapela, Kong; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Reyes Oda.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-06
Bill scheduled to be heard by LAB on Tuesday, 03-11-25 9:30AM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2025-03-06
Referred to LAB, FIN, referral sheet 19
referral-committee
2025-03-06
Pass First Reading
reading-1
2025-03-04
Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 186) in amended form (SD 1).
introduction,receipt
2025-03-04
Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
passage
2025-02-28
One Day Notice 03-04-25.
2025-02-28
Reported from WAM/JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 926) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
2025-02-26
The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-02-26
The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. 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
2025-02-21
The committee(s) on WAM/JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-26-25 10:05AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
2025-02-06
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM/JDC.
passage,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-02-06
Reported from LBT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 55) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM/JDC.
2025-01-29
The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in LBT were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Aquino, Lee, C., Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Ihara, Moriwaki.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-01-29
Re-Referred to LBT, WAM/JDC.
referral-committee
2025-01-24
The committee(s) on LBT has scheduled a public hearing on 01-29-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
2025-01-23
Referred to LBT, WAM.
referral-committee
2025-01-21
Passed First Reading.
reading-1
2025-01-17
Introduced.
introduction
Versions
Documents
Votes
The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
2025-01-29 · pass · 3-0
Member-level votes (6)
- Aquino: yes
- Lee: yes
- C: yes
- Fevella: yes
- Ihara: not voting
- Moriwaki: not voting
The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.
2025-02-26 · 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
The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.
2025-02-26 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (5)
- Rhoads: yes
- Gabbard: yes
- Chang: yes
- San Buenaventura: yes
- Awa: yes
Report adopted; Passed Third Reading.
2025-03-04 · pass · 25-0
The committee on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
2025-03-11 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Sayama: yes
- Lee: yes
- M: yes
- Garrett: yes
- Kapela: yes
- Kong: yes
- Reyes Oda: not voting
The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.
2025-04-01 · pass · 14-0
Member-level votes (16)
- 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
- Reyes Oda: yes
- Alcos: not voting
Related bills
- Companion bill: HB 161
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