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+type: "Bill"
+title: "RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING."
+description: "Amends bargaining unit (14). Retains state law enforcement officers under bargaining unit (14). Creates a separate bargaining unit (15) for state and county ocean safety and water safety officers. Takes effect upon approval. (SD1)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
+legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
+session: "2020 Regular Session"
+identifier: "HB 1698"
+citation: "Hawaii HB 1698 (2020 Regular Session)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Collective Bargaining", "State Law Enforcement Officers", "State and County Ocean Safety and Water Safety Officers"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["ELI", "JOHANSON"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 32
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2020-01-15"
+last_action: "2020-09-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8400c71d-07d7-44a0-87d7-b10d106cdd4b"
+source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1698&year=2020"
+source_hash: "8accd8b03cd67709d30d1794667df695607bee888ab0de4f2d6c25696f3367b0"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-hi"]
+---
+
+# Hawaii HB 1698 (2020 Regular Session) — RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.
+
+Amends bargaining unit (14). Retains state law enforcement officers under bargaining unit (14). Creates a separate bargaining unit (15) for state and county ocean safety and water safety officers. Takes effect upon approval. (SD1)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB1698** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/HB1698_.HTM)
+2. **HB1698_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/HB1698_HD1_.HTM)
+3. **HB1698_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/HB1698_SD1_.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **10–0** (pass) · upper
+- The committee(s) on LCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
+- The committees on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
+- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- ELI — primary (person)
+- JOHANSON — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-15** Pending introduction.
+- **2020-01-16** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2020-01-21** Referred to LAB, FIN, referral sheet 1 `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-24** Bill scheduled to be heard by LAB on Tuesday, 01-28-20 9:00AM in House conference room 309.
+- **2020-01-28** The committees on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Eli, Ichiyama, Kitagawa, Quinlan, Yamashita; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) McKelvey, Matsumoto. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-02-03** Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 22-20) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
+- **2020-02-03** 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) Say excused (1). `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-14** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 02-19-20 3:00PM in House conference room 308.
+- **2020-02-19** The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 12 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Gates, Hashimoto, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Todd, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Eli, Nakamura, Nishimoto. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-02-27** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 753-20), recommending passage on Third Reading.
+- **2020-02-27** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cabanilla Arakawa excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
+- **2020-02-28** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 21). `introduction`
+- **2020-02-28** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
+- **2020-03-03** Referred to LCA, WAM. `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-06** Re-Referred to LCA/WAM.
+- **2020-03-06** The committee(s) on LCA/WAM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-10-20 11:00AM in conference room 211.
+- **2020-03-10** The committee(s) on LCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in LCA were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Taniguchi, S. Chang, Gabbard; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Ihara, Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-10** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 10 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, English, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) Harimoto, K. Kahele, Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-06-29** Reported from LCA/WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3716) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
+- **2020-06-29** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
+- **2020-06-29** 48 Hrs. Notice 07-01-20.
+- **2020-07-01** Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
+- **2020-07-01** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 554) in amended form (SD 1).
+- **2020-07-02** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
+- **2020-07-06** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 379).
+- **2020-07-10** Reconsideration of action taken on 07-02-20.
+- **2020-07-10** House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
+- **2020-07-10** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Har, Ohno excused (2).
+- **2020-07-10** Received notice of House reconsideration; agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 422).
+- **2020-07-10** Transmitted to Governor.
+- **2020-09-15** Act 031, 09/15/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1136). `executive-signature`
+- **2020-09-15** Act 031, on 09/15/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1136). `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8400c71d-07d7-44a0-87d7-b10d106cdd4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).
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