---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING."
description: "Requires public employees in collective bargaining units to provide written notification to the exclusive representative to discontinue payroll assignments within a certain time period. Requires the exclusive representative to forward the notification to the employer within ten business days of receipt. (HB1725 HD2)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2018 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 1725"
citation: "Hawaii HB 1725 (2018 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Collective Bargaining", "Employee Payroll Deductions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HOLT", "ICHIYAMA", "JOHANSON", "YAMASHITA"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-12"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a2f4b6f-6f73-4826-a13d-7393ebd5b645"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1725&year=2018"
source_hash: "61440b74b7ca2aa53dc5ad10a3b917c1c685a8e85a34984a4c3d400c949fa605"
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 1725 (2018 Regular Session) — RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.

Requires public employees in collective bargaining units to provide written notification to the exclusive representative to discontinue payroll assignments within a certain time period. Requires the exclusive representative to forward the notification to the employer within ten business days of receipt. (HB1725 HD2)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB1725** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/HB1725_.HTM)
2. **HB1725_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/HB1725_HD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committees on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on LBR recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- HOLT — primary (person)
- ICHIYAMA — primary (person)
- JOHANSON — primary (person)
- YAMASHITA — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-12** Prefiled.
- **2018-01-17** Introduced and Pass First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-17** Referred to LAB, FIN, referral sheet 3 `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** Bill scheduled to be heard by LAB on Thursday, 02-08-18 9:00AM in House conference room 309.
- **2018-02-08** The committees on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Holt, Evans, Ichiyama, Keohokalole, Yamashita, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-15** Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 456-18) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2018-02-15** 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) DeCoite, Ing, McDermott, Nakamura, Souki, Todd excused (6). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 02-22-18 1:30PM in House conference room 308.
- **2018-02-22** The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-23-18.
- **2018-02-22** Bill scheduled for decision making on Friday, 02-23-18 3:45PM in conference room 308.
- **2018-02-23** The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Cachola, Fukumoto, Gates, Holt, Keohokalole, Kobayashi, Nakamura, Yamashita, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) DeCoite, Lowen, Todd, Tupola. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-02** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1058-18) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-02** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-06-18.
- **2018-03-06** Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Woodson excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 274). `introduction`
- **2018-03-08** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-03-08** Referred to LBR, WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-09** The committee(s) on LBR has scheduled a public hearing on 03-13-18 3:00PM in conference room 229.
- **2018-03-13** The committee(s) on LBR recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in LBR were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Tokuda, S. Chang, Taniguchi; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) English, Ihara. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** Reported from LBR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2982) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.
- **2018-03-21** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
- **2018-03-27** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-29-18 10:50AM in conference room 211.
- **2018-03-29** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 10 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, English, Galuteria, Inouye, K. Kahele, Kidani, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Harimoto. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-06** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3535) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
- **2018-04-06** One Day Notice 04-10-18.
- **2018-04-10** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Harimoto). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2018-04-10** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 577).
- **2018-04-10** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2018-04-24** Act 007, on 04/24/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1107). `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-24** Act 007, 04/24/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1107). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a2f4b6f-6f73-4826-a13d-7393ebd5b645`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).