---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO EMPLOYEE TRAINING."
description: "Requires all new employees within 20 days of being hired to be provided a general orientation on their benefits and rights by the employee's respective jurisdiction. (HB845 CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 845"
citation: "Hawaii HB 845 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DHRD", "State Employee Training", "Collective Bargaining"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BELATTI", "C. LEE", "CULLEN", "ELI", "JOHANSON", "LUKE", "NAKASHIMA", "NISHIMOTO", "SAIKI"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 47
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d1bb8f8-1023-4a21-80f5-b2346a3e3d0a"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=845&year=2019"
source_hash: "7851eebb4d19c6c226932e123ab7e4a1e7e3d1a59403711b1d65ad9f3a6f03a2"
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 845 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO EMPLOYEE TRAINING.

Requires all new employees within 20 days of being hired to be provided a general orientation on their benefits and rights by the employee's respective jurisdiction. (HB845 CD1)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB845** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB845_.HTM)
2. **HB845_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB845_CD1_.HTM)
3. **HB845_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB845_HD1_.HTM)
4. **HB845_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB845_SD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **3–0** (pass) · lower
- 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. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BELATTI — primary (person)
- C. LEE — primary (person)
- CULLEN — primary (person)
- ELI — primary (person)
- JOHANSON — primary (person)
- LUKE — primary (person)
- NAKASHIMA — primary (person)
- NISHIMOTO — primary (person)
- SAIKI — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-22** Pending introduction.
- **2019-01-24** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-28** Referred to LAB, FIN, referral sheet 6 `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-08** Bill scheduled to be heard by LAB on Tuesday, 02-12-19 9:20AM in House conference room 309.
- **2019-02-12** The committees on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Eli, Ichiyama, Kitagawa, McKelvey, Yamashita, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Quinlan. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-15** Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 685) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2019-02-15** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Okimoto voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Aquino, DeCoite, Nakamura, Quinlan, Thielen excused (5). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 02-22-19 12:30PM in House conference room 308.
- **2019-02-22** The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Wildberger, Yamashita; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Todd, McDermott. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-01** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 990), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-01** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Okimoto, Ward voting no (2) and Representative(s) DeCoite excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2019-03-05** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 228). `introduction`
- **2019-03-05** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-05** Referred to LCA, WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08** The committee(s) on LCA has scheduled a public hearing on 03-12-19 2:45PM in conference room 224.
- **2019-03-12** 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`
- **2019-03-21** Reported from LCA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1347) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
- **2019-03-21** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
- **2019-03-22** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-28-19 10:15AM in conference room 211.
- **2019-03-28** The committee(s) on WAM deferred the measure until 04-01-19 10:45AM in conference room 211.
- **2019-04-01** 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, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) English, Harimoto, K. Kahele. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-05** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1921) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
- **2019-04-05** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-09-19.
- **2019-04-09** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2019-04-09** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 790) in amended form (SD 2).
- **2019-04-11** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
- **2019-04-12** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 804).
- **2019-04-15** House Conferees Appointed: Johanson, Nishimoto Co-Chairs; Nakashima, Quinlan, Matsumoto.
- **2019-04-15** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 808).
- **2019-04-22** Senate Conferees Appointed: Taniguchi Chair; Moriwaki Co-Chair; S. Chang, Fevella.
- **2019-04-22** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 948).
- **2019-04-22** Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Tuesday, 04-23-19 4:30PM in conference room 423.
- **2019-04-23** Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-24-19 10:00AM in conference room 423.
- **2019-04-24** Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-25-19 10:00AM in conference room 423.
- **2019-04-25** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Nishimoto, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Nakashima, Quinlan.
- **2019-04-25** The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Taniguchi, Moriwaki, S. Chang; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-26** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 178) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2019-04-26** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-30-19.
- **2019-04-26** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 178).
- **2019-04-26** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-19.
- **2019-04-30** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
- **2019-04-30** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
- **2019-05-01** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 968).
- **2019-05-02** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 883).
- **2019-05-01** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2019-07-09** Act 209, on 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1311). `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-09** Act 209, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1311). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d1bb8f8-1023-4a21-80f5-b2346a3e3d0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).