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Bill RELATING TO HAWAII RETIREMENT SAVINGS ACT. Clarifies the definition of "covered employer" under the Hawaii Retirement Savings Act. Requires covered employers to automatically enroll covered employees into the Hawaii Retirement Savings Program unless the employee opts out. Repeals the limit on the total fees and expenses that can be spent for the Program each year. (CD1) us/states/hi Hawaii Legislature 2025 SB 855 Hawaii SB 855 (2025)
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Hawaii SB 855 (2025) — RELATING TO HAWAII RETIREMENT SAVINGS ACT.

Clarifies the definition of "covered employer" under the Hawaii Retirement Savings Act. Requires covered employers to automatically enroll covered employees into the Hawaii Retirement Savings Program unless the employee opts out. Repeals the limit on the total fees and expenses that can be spent for the Program each year. (CD1)

Version chain

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

  1. SB855 (committee substitute) — source
  2. SB855_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. SB855_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. SB855_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 30 (pass) · lower
  • Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). — 220 (pass) · upper
  • The committee on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 50 (pass) · lower
  • The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 30 (pass) · upper
  • The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 140 (pass) · lower
  • The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 130 (pass) · upper
  • The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 30 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • AQUINO — primary (person)
  • CHANG — primary (person)
  • FEVELLA — primary (person)
  • KIDANI — primary (person)
  • KIM — primary (person)
  • MORIWAKI — primary (person)
  • Richards — cosponsor (person)
  • Wakai — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-05-29 Act 113, on 05/29/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1213). became-law
  • 2025-05-29 Act 113, 05/29/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1213). 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; Representative(s) Garcia, Shimizu voting no (2) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). 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. 144) 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. 144).
  • 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: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Aquino, Inouye, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-04-24 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-25 10:15AM; Conference Room 016.
  • 2025-04-23 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-25 10:15AM; Conference Room 016.
  • 2025-04-22 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-23-25 10:15AM; Conference Room 016.
  • 2025-04-21 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-22-25 10:16AM; Conference Room 016.
  • 2025-04-17 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-21-25 10:15AM; Conference Room 016.
  • 2025-04-15 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 789). receipt
  • 2025-04-15 Senate Conferees Appointed: Aquino Chair; Inouye Co-Chair; Fevella.
  • 2025-04-15 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 731). receipt
  • 2025-04-14 House Conferees Appointed: Sayama, Lee, M. Co-Chairs; Reyes Oda.
  • 2025-04-08 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 774). receipt
  • 2025-04-08 Senate disagrees with House amendments. amendment-failure
  • 2025-04-08 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 587). introduction, receipt
  • 2025-04-04 Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Reyes Oda voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Muraoka, Pierick, Shimizu voting no (5) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kapela excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. passage
  • 2025-04-04 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1962), recommending passage on Third Reading.
  • 2025-04-01 The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Alcos. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-03-28 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 04-01-25 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. 1181) 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; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Kong; 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.
  • 2025-02-28 Referred to LAB, FIN, referral sheet 17 referral-committee
  • 2025-02-27 Pass First Reading reading-1
  • 2025-02-19 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 9) in amended form (SD 1). introduction, receipt
  • 2025-02-19 Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 3 (Senator(s) Gabbard, Kouchi, Richards). Transmitted to House. passage
  • 2025-02-18 One Day Notice 02-19-25.
  • 2025-02-18 Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 681) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
  • 2025-02-12 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
  • 2025-02-10 The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-12-25 10:01AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
  • 2025-02-06 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2025-02-06 Reported from LBT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 56) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
  • 2025-01-29 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, Lee, C., Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Ihara, Moriwaki. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-01-24 The committee(s) on LBT has scheduled a public hearing on 01-29-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
  • 2025-01-23 Referred to LBT, 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/107bed27-ca54-41dd-8198-39de094f003e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).