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Bill RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES. Prohibits an employer from requiring an employee to enter into a nondisclosure agreement pertaining to sexual harassment or sexual assault. Prohibits an employer from retaliating against an employee for disclosing or discussing sexual harassment or sexual assault. Takes effect upon its approval. (SD1) us/states/hi Hawaii Legislature 2020 Regular Session HB 2054 Hawaii HB 2054 (2020 Regular Session)
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Employment Practices
Sexual Harassment or Assault
Nondisclosure Agreements
Prohibited
enacted
CABANILLA ARAKAWA
Creagan
Eli
GATES
HASHIMOTO
ICHIYAMA
JOHANSON
KITAGAWA
LOWEN
MATAYOSHI
MATSUMOTO
MIZUNO
MORIKAWA
NAKAMURA
NISHIMOTO
OKIMOTO
PERRUSO
SAN BUENAVENTURA
TAKAYAMA
TARNAS
Thielen
WILDBERGER
YAMASHITA
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Hawaii HB 2054 (2020 Regular Session) — RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES.

Prohibits an employer from requiring an employee to enter into a nondisclosure agreement pertaining to sexual harassment or sexual assault. Prohibits an employer from retaliating against an employee for disclosing or discussing sexual harassment or sexual assault. Takes effect upon its approval. (SD1)

Version chain

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

  1. HB2054 (committee substitute) — source
  2. HB2054_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. HB2054_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • The committee(s) on LCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 30 (pass) · upper
  • The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 120 (pass) · lower
  • The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 150 (pass) · lower
  • The committees on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 60 (pass) · lower
  • The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 50 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • CABANILLA ARAKAWA — primary (person)
  • Creagan — primary (person)
  • Eli — primary (person)
  • GATES — primary (person)
  • HASHIMOTO — primary (person)
  • ICHIYAMA — primary (person)
  • JOHANSON — primary (person)
  • KITAGAWA — primary (person)
  • LOWEN — primary (person)
  • MATAYOSHI — primary (person)
  • MATSUMOTO — primary (person)
  • MIZUNO — primary (person)
  • MORIKAWA — primary (person)
  • NAKAMURA — primary (person)
  • NISHIMOTO — primary (person)
  • OKIMOTO — primary (person)
  • PERRUSO — primary (person)
  • SAN BUENAVENTURA — primary (person)
  • TAKAYAMA — primary (person)
  • TARNAS — primary (person)
  • Thielen — primary (person)
  • WILDBERGER — primary (person)
  • YAMASHITA — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-01-17 Pending introduction.
  • 2020-01-21 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
  • 2020-01-23 Referred to LAB, JUD, FIN, referral sheet 4 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. 23-20) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JUD.
  • 2020-02-03 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with Representative(s) Cabanilla Arakawa voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Say excused (1). reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2020-02-07 Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Tuesday, 02-11-20 2:05PM in House conference room 325.
  • 2020-02-11 The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until Wednesday, 02-12-20 at 2:15 PM.
  • 2020-02-11 Bill scheduled for decision making on Wednesday, 02-12-20 2:15PM in conference room 325.
  • 2020-02-12 The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 12 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, San Buenaventura, Brower, Creagan, Lowen, McKelvey, Nakashima, Perruso, Takayama, Yamane, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Say; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2020-02-14 Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 559-20), recommending referral to FIN.
  • 2020-02-14 Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Holt, Takayama excused (2).
  • 2020-02-18 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 02-20-20 12:00PM in House conference room 308.
  • 2020-02-20 The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Todd, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2020-02-28 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 803-20), recommending passage on Third Reading.
  • 2020-02-28 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cabanilla Arakawa, DeCoite, Holt, Thielen excused (4). Transmitted to Senate. passage
  • 2020-03-03 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 168). introduction
  • 2020-03-03 Passed First Reading. reading-1
  • 2020-03-03 Referred to LCA, JDC/WAM. referral-committee
  • 2020-03-06 The committee(s) on LCA has scheduled a public hearing on 03-10-20 2:45PM in conference room 224.
  • 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, Ihara, S. Chang; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard, Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2020-03-11 Re-Referred to LCA, JDC.
  • 2020-05-19 Reported from LCA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3554) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
  • 2020-05-19 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.
  • 2020-06-26 The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 06-30-20 9:46AM in conference room 016.
  • 2020-06-30 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) K. Rhoads, J.Keohokalole, Gabbard, Kim, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2020-07-02 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3749) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
  • 2020-07-02 One Day Notice 07-06-20.
  • 2020-07-06 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
  • 2020-07-06 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 587) in amended form (SD 1).
  • 2020-07-08 Received notice of House intent to agree to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 421).
  • 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) Ohno excused (1).
  • 2020-07-10 Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 425).
  • 2020-07-10 Transmitted to Governor.
  • 2020-09-15 Act 017, 09/15/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1122). executive-signature
  • 2020-09-15 Act 017, on 09/15/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1122). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5c53f9c2-2432-4a63-9af1-5531dd8f5c24. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).