republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2023-regular-session/hb-1205.md

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Bill	RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.	Specifies that exclusive representatives of public employees are not required to provide grievance representation to collective bargaining unit members who do not pay dues or dues equivalents and who decline to pay reasonable costs of the representation. (SD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2023 Regular Session	HB 1205	Hawaii HB 1205 (2023 Regular Session)	bill	Collective Bargaining Recognition and Representation	enacted	BELATTI GARRETT HASHIMOTO HUSSEY-BURDICK KAPELA KILA MARTEN MARTINEZ MATAYOSHI NAKASHIMA PERRUSO TAM	3	37	4	2023-01-24	2023-06-30	openstates	ocd-bill/e4d0bfc3-7254-47e6-9785-1275843defce	https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1205&year=2023	8ea42c2b31db6cb80a0063f3b95641193fa6fa5124d54adaf67cf36420667b14	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 1205 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.

Specifies that exclusive representatives of public employees are not required to provide grievance representation to collective bargaining unit members who do not pay dues or dues equivalents and who decline to pay reasonable costs of the representation. (SD1)

Version chain

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

1. HB1205 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB1205_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB1205_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 3–0 (pass) · upper
• Reconsider: The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–1 (pass) · upper
• The committee on LGO recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Reconsider: The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 15–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• BELATTI — primary (person)
• GARRETT — primary (person)
• HASHIMOTO — primary (person)
• HUSSEY-BURDICK — primary (person)
• KAPELA — primary (person)
• KILA — primary (person)
• MARTEN — primary (person)
• MARTINEZ — primary (person)
• MATAYOSHI — primary (person)
• NAKASHIMA — primary (person)
• PERRUSO — primary (person)
• TAM — primary (person)
• Amato — cosponsor (person)
• Cochran — cosponsor (person)
• Poepoe — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-06-30 Act 150, 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1253). became-law
• 2023-06-30 Act 150, on 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1253). became-law
• 2023-05-03 Transmitted to Governor.
• 2023-05-04 Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 899). receipt
• 2023-05-02 Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Hashem, Quinlan excused (2). passage
• 2023-05-02 House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
• 2023-04-28 Deferred one day 05-02-23. deferral
• 2023-04-28 Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 895). receipt
• 2023-04-27 Reconsideration of action taken on 04-13-23.
• 2023-04-24 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 975). receipt
• 2023-04-24 Senate Conferees Appointed: Moriwaki Chair; Rhoads Co-Chair; Fevella.
• 2023-04-14 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 800). receipt
• 2023-04-13 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). amendment-failure
• 2023-04-11 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 851) in amended form (SD 1).
• 2023-04-11 Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Keohokalole). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2023-04-06 48 Hrs. Notice 04-11-23.
• 2023-04-06 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1807) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).
• 2023-03-31 The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Elefante; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) San Buenaventura. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-24 The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-31-23 10:00AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
• 2023-03-22 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDC. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-03-22 Reported from LBT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1255) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to JDC.
• 2023-03-13 The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in LBT were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Moriwaki, Lee, Keith-Agaran; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Ihara, Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-09 The committee(s) on LBT has scheduled a public hearing on 03-13-23 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
• 2023-03-09 Referred to LBT, JDC. referral-committee
• 2023-03-07 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2023-03-07 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 208). introduction, receipt
• 2023-03-03 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Alcos, Matayoshi excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2023-03-03 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1033), recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2023-02-27 The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Cochran, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kila, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Nishimoto, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-24 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Monday, 02-27-23 1:30PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2023-02-16 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) Todd excused (1). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-02-16 Reported from LGO (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 569) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
• 2023-02-14 The committee on LGO recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Garrett, Kapela, Martinez, Sayama, Tam, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-10 Bill scheduled to be heard by LGO on Tuesday, 02-14-23 9:30AM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2023-01-30 Referred to LGO, FIN, referral sheet 3 referral-committee
• 2023-01-25 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
• 2023-01-24 Pending introduction.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e4d0bfc3-7254-47e6-9785-1275843defce. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).