republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2026/hb-2271.md

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Bill	MAKING EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.	Makes emergency appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of bargaining units (1) and (10) and their excluded counterparts to resolve issues related to temporary hazard pay for fiscal year 2025-2026. Authorizes the use of the general fund appropriations to restore the temporary reclassifications for temporary hazard pay payouts to the appropriate departments to provide for the repayment of the general fund loan. Specifies that emergency appropriations made under Act 29, Session Laws of Hawaii 2025, do not lapse until June 30, 2027. (CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2026	HB 2271	Hawaii HB 2271 (2026)	bill	BU-1 and BU-10 Emergency Appropriation ($) Public Employment Cost Items	enacted	NAKAMURA	5	53	7	2026-01-26	2026-05-26	openstates	ocd-bill/1ac72023-d3ef-442c-b30c-04ca098fbd8c	https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2271&year=2026	25282abc48d79d70550062d8e796472db3a07e751b9508eecd91396e32b641e2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 2271 (2026) — MAKING EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Makes emergency appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of bargaining units (1) and (10) and their excluded counterparts to resolve issues related to temporary hazard pay for fiscal year 2025-2026. Authorizes the use of the general fund appropriations to restore the temporary reclassifications for temporary hazard pay payouts to the appropriate departments to provide for the repayment of the general fund loan. Specifies that emergency appropriations made under Act 29, Session Laws of Hawaii 2025, do not lapse until June 30, 2027. (CD1)

Version chain

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

1. HB2271 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB2271_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB2271_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB2271_HD2 (committee substitute) — source
5. HB2271_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 3–0 (pass) · lower
• Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. — 25–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 2–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• NAKAMURA — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-05-26 Act 033, on 05/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1133). became-law
• 2026-05-26 Act 033, 05/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1133). became-law
• 2026-05-07 Transmitted to Governor.
• 2026-05-08 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888). receipt
• 2026-05-06 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 816). receipt
• 2026-05-06 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none. passage
• 2026-05-06 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). passage
• 2026-05-01 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-06-26
• 2026-05-01 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 147-26).
• 2026-05-01 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-06-26.
• 2026-05-01 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 147-26) as amended in (CD 1).
• 2026-05-01 The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Elefante, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Ihara. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-05-01 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.
• 2026-04-30 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 05-01-26 9:00AM in conference room 016.
• 2026-04-29 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-30-26 9:00AM in conference room 016.
• 2026-04-28 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-29-26 9:00AM in conference room 016.
• 2026-04-27 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Tuesday 04-28-26 9:00AM in conference room 016.
• 2026-04-24 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Monday 04-27-26 9:00AM in conference room 016.
• 2026-04-23 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-24-26 9:00AM in conference room 016.
• 2026-04-22 Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-23-26 9:00AM in conference room 016.
• 2026-04-20 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 713). receipt
• 2026-04-20 Senate Conferees Appointed: Elefante Chair; Kanuha Co-Chair; Ihara.
• 2026-04-20 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 786). receipt
• 2026-04-20 House Conferees Appointed: Sayama, Lee, M. Co-Chairs; Reyes Oda.
• 2026-04-16 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 599). receipt
• 2026-04-14 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). amendment-failure
• 2026-04-10 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 551) in amended form (SD 1).
• 2026-04-10 Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2026-04-09 One Day Notice 04-10-26.
• 2026-04-09 Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3620) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
• 2026-04-06 The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 12 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Richards, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Lee, C.. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-01 The committee(s) on WAM deferred the measure until 04-06-26 10:31AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference. deferral
• 2026-03-30 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2026-03-30 The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-01-26 10:03AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
• 2026-03-30 Reported from LBT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3211) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
• 2026-03-18 The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in LBT were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Elefante, Lamosao, Ihara, Moriwaki, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-12 The committee(s) on LBT has scheduled a public hearing on 03-18-26 3:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
• 2026-03-12 Referred to LBT, WAM. referral-committee
• 2026-03-12 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2026-03-12 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 384). introduction, receipt
• 2026-03-10 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Iwamoto voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2026-03-06 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-10-26.
• 2026-03-06 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1158-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2026-02-26 The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-24 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 02-26-26 10:00AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2026-02-17 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, Lee, M., Poepoe excused (3). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2026-02-17 Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 273-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
• 2026-02-10 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, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-09 Received from Governor re: emergency appropriation (Gov. Msg. No. 3). receipt
• 2026-02-05 Bill scheduled to be heard by LAB on Tuesday, 02-10-26 9:30AM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2026-01-30 Referred to LAB, FIN, referral sheet 5 referral-committee
• 2026-01-28 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
• 2026-01-26 Pending introduction.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1ac72023-d3ef-442c-b30c-04ca098fbd8c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).