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| Bill | RELATING TO SKILLS-BASED HIRING. | Prohibits the State or any of its departments, agencies, or political subdivisions from requiring a bachelor's degree as a condition of eligibility for hire to a position in state or county employment. Establishes exemptions. (CD1) | us/states/hi | Hawaii Legislature | 2025 | SB 1065 | Hawaii SB 1065 (2025) |
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Hawaii SB 1065 (2025) — RELATING TO SKILLS-BASED HIRING.
Prohibits the State or any of its departments, agencies, or political subdivisions from requiring a bachelor's degree as a condition of eligibility for hire to a position in state or county employment. Establishes exemptions. (CD1)
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- SB1065 (committee substitute) — source
- SB1065_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
- SB1065_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
- SB1065_SD1 (committee substitute) — source
- SB1065_SD2 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 12–0 (pass) · upper
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 3–0 (pass) · lower
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
- Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). — 25–0 (pass) · upper
- The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–0 (pass) · upper
- The committee on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- AQUINO — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-07-02 Act 276, on 07/02/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1379).
became-law - 2025-07-02 Act 276, 07/02/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1379).
became-law - 2025-05-02 Enrolled to Governor.
executive-receipt - 2025-05-02 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 821).
receipt - 2025-05-01 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 888).
receipt - 2025-04-30 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick excused (2).
passage - 2025-04-30 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
passage - 2025-04-25 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-30-25.
- 2025-04-25 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 145) as amended in (CD 1).
- 2025-04-25 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-25.
- 2025-04-25 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 145).
- 2025-04-25 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Sayama, Lee, M., Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- 2025-04-25 The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Aquino, McKelvey, Lee, C., Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-04-25 Received notice of change in Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 880).
receipt - 2025-04-25 Senate Conferees Changed: Senators Lee, C. added as Co-Chair. Senator Hashimoto discharged as Co-Chair.
- 2025-04-25 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 4:30 PM; Conference Room 016.
- 2025-04-25 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 2:30 PM; Conference Room 016.
- 2025-04-24 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 10:15AM; Conference Room 016.
- 2025-04-22 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-24-25 10:16AM; Conference Room 016.
- 2025-04-22 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 860).
receipt - 2025-04-22 Senate Conferees Appointed: Aquino Chair; McKelvey, Hashimoto Co-Chairs; Fevella.
- 2025-04-21 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 754).
receipt - 2025-04-17 House Conferees Appointed: Sayama, Lee, M. Co-Chairs; Reyes Oda.
- 2025-04-04 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 590).
receipt - 2025-04-04 Senate disagrees with House amendments.
amendment-failure - 2025-04-04 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 480).
introduction, receipt - 2025-04-03 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Woodson excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.
passage - 2025-04-03 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1918), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- 2025-03-28 The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Hussey, Ward.
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-03-25 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 03-28-25 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- 2025-03-20 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) Cochran, Ward excused (2).
reading-2, referral-committee - 2025-03-20 Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1389) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- 2025-03-18 The committee on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Sayama, Lee, M., Garrett, Kapela, Kong; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Reyes Oda; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-03-14 Bill scheduled to be heard by LAB on Tuesday, 03-18-25 9:30AM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- 2025-03-06 Referred to LAB, FIN, referral sheet 19
referral-committee - 2025-03-06 Pass First Reading
reading-1 - 2025-03-04 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 254) in amended form (SD 2).
introduction, receipt - 2025-03-04 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 - 2025-02-28 48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25.
- 2025-02-28 Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 840) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
- 2025-02-18 The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 12 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) DeCoite.
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-02-14 The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-18-25 10:01AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
- 2025-02-12 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
reading-2, referral-committee - 2025-02-12 Reported from LBT/GVO (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 348) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
- 2025-02-06 The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in LBT were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Aquino, Moriwaki, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Lee, C., Ihara.
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-02-06 The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in GVO were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) McKelvey, Moriwaki, San Buenaventura, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard.
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-01-31 The committee(s) on LBT/GVO has scheduled a public hearing on 02-06-25 3:05PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
- 2025-01-23 Referred to LBT/GVO, WAM.
referral-committee - 2025-01-21 Passed First Reading.
reading-1 - 2025-01-17 Introduced.
introduction
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7235adf4-218b-41e2-a4e8-5839b1c4bf0c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).