republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2025/sb-1359.md

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Bill	RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND BASE COMPOSITE MONTHLY CONTRIBUTION.	Effective 1/1/2026, increases the employer base composite monthly contribution to the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund by 5.2 percent of the 2025 employer base composite monthly contribution. Effective 1/1/2027, requires that the employer base composite monthly contribution be calculated based on the change in Medicare Part B premiums from 2025 to 2026 and at a two-year lag thereafter. (HD2)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2025	SB 1359	Hawaii SB 1359 (2025)	bill	EUTF Employer Base Composite Monthly Contribution	enacted	KOUCHI	3	36	6	2025-01-21	2025-05-15	openstates	ocd-bill/96c4e4d5-daed-48ed-a2d9-eba169cbd4c7	https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1359&year=2025	9c1b600572488d13d55675c5d91232f5c1499e78a7f1a2d1a354fc79e3a8274e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii SB 1359 (2025) — RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND BASE COMPOSITE MONTHLY CONTRIBUTION.

Effective 1/1/2026, increases the employer base composite monthly contribution to the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund by 5.2 percent of the 2025 employer base composite monthly contribution. Effective 1/1/2027, requires that the employer base composite monthly contribution be calculated based on the change in Medicare Part B premiums from 2025 to 2026 and at a two-year lag thereafter. (HD2)

Version chain

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

1. SB1359 (committee substitute) — source
2. SB1359_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. SB1359_HD2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 5–0 (pass) · lower
• Reconsider: The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Reconsider: Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. — 23–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Final Reading. — 23–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 4–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• KOUCHI — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-05-15 Act 054, on 05/15/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1154). became-law
• 2025-05-15 Act 054, 05/15/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1154). became-law
• 2025-04-16 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2025-04-16 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 806). receipt
• 2025-04-16 Passed Final Reading. Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 2 (Senator(s) Fevella, Ihara). passage
• 2025-04-15 Received notice of reconsideration and Senate agreement (Sen. Com. No. 786). receipt
• 2025-04-15 One Day Notice 04-16-25
• 2025-04-15 Senate agrees with House amendments. Placed on the calendar for Final Reading on 04-16-25.
• 2025-04-15 Reconsideration of action taken on 04-10-25 in disagreeing to the House amendments.
• 2025-04-10 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 779). receipt
• 2025-04-10 Senate disagrees with House amendments. amendment-failure
• 2025-04-10 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 682). introduction, receipt
• 2025-04-08 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Marten excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2025-04-04 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-08-25.
• 2025-04-04 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1992) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2025-03-28 The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. 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.
• 2025-03-13 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, Holt, Ward, Woodson excused (4). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-03-13 Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1180) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
• 2025-03-11 The committee on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Sayama, Lee, M., Garrett, Kapela, Kong; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Reyes Oda. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-06 Bill scheduled to be heard by LAB on Tuesday, 03-11-25 9:30AM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2025-03-04 Referred to LAB, FIN, referral sheet 18 referral-committee
• 2025-03-04 Pass First Reading reading-1
• 2025-02-28 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 54). introduction, receipt
• 2025-02-28 Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 2 (Senator(s) Fukunaga, Kidani). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2025-02-27 One Day Notice 02-28-25.
• 2025-02-27 Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 784) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
• 2025-02-19 The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-14 The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-19-25 10:02AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
• 2025-02-10 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-02-10 Reported from LBT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 203) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.
• 2025-01-31 The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in LBT were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Aquino, Lee, C., Ihara, Moriwaki; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-01-28 The committee(s) on LBT has scheduled a public hearing on 01-31-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
• 2025-01-27 Referred to LBT, WAM. referral-committee
• 2025-01-23 Introduced and passed First Reading. introduction
• 2025-01-21 Pending Introduction.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/96c4e4d5-daed-48ed-a2d9-eba169cbd4c7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).