republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2026/sb-3144.md

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Bill	RELATING TO THE HAWAII OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH LAW.	Repeals the requirement that the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations regulate hoisting machines and certify their operators and the Hoisting Machine Operators Advisory Board, including its rules requiring a separate state crane operator certificate. Allows additional time for the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations to complete an investigation of a discharge or discrimination complaint pertaining to employees exercising rights under the Occupational Safety and Health Law without formal extension. (HD2)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2026	SB 3144	Hawaii SB 3144 (2026)	bill	Complaints Department of Labor and Industrial Relations Determinations Hoisting Machine Operators Advisory Board Occupational Safety and Health Administration	enacted	KOUCHI	4	39	5	2026-01-26	2026-05-26	openstates	ocd-bill/1ee95af5-7044-4ee6-adcb-ffb43795f735	https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=3144&year=2026	7138e5021598023f5b01def8edd8b90c2c89fc7a2a0deaddee1372f2a5d08415	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii SB 3144 (2026) — RELATING TO THE HAWAII OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH LAW.

Repeals the requirement that the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations regulate hoisting machines and certify their operators and the Hoisting Machine Operators Advisory Board, including its rules requiring a separate state crane operator certificate. Allows additional time for the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations to complete an investigation of a discharge or discrimination complaint pertaining to employees exercising rights under the Occupational Safety and Health Law without formal extension. (HD2)

Version chain

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

1. SB3144 (committee substitute) — source
2. SB3144_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. SB3144_HD2 (committee substitute) — source
4. SB3144_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Reconsider: Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. — 25–0 (pass) · upper
• Reconsider: The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 11–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• KOUCHI — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-05-26 Act 041, on 05/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1141). became-law
• 2026-05-26 Act 041, 05/26/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1141). became-law
• 2026-04-22 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2026-04-22 Passed Final Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none. passage
• 2026-04-21 Received notice of reconsideration and Senate agreement (Sen. Com. No. 716). receipt
• 2026-04-21 One Day Notice 04-22-26
• 2026-04-21 Senate agrees with House amendments. Placed on the calendar for Final Reading on 04-22-26.
• 2026-04-21 Reconsideration of action taken on 04-09-26 in disagreeing to the House amendments.
• 2026-04-10 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 564). receipt
• 2026-04-09 Senate disagrees with House amendments. amendment-failure
• 2026-04-09 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 492). introduction, receipt
• 2026-04-08 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2026-04-06 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-08-26.
• 2026-04-06 Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1807-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2026-04-01 The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Grandinetti, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Kong, Lowen, Marten, Tam, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-30 Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Wednesday, 04-01-26 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2026-03-24 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Garrett, Quinlan excused (2). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2026-03-24 Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1368-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
• 2026-03-19 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
• 2026-03-16 Bill scheduled to be heard by LAB on Thursday, 03-19-26 9:35AM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2026-03-12 Referred to LAB, CPC, referral sheet 17 referral-committee
• 2026-03-12 Pass First Reading reading-1
• 2026-03-10 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 370) in amended form (SD 1). introduction, receipt
• 2026-03-10 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2026-03-06 One Day Notice 03-10-26.
• 2026-03-06 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3086) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
• 2026-03-05 The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-25 The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-05-26 10:01AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
• 2026-02-18 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2026-02-18 Reported from LBT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2318) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
• 2026-02-11 The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in LBT were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Elefante, Lamosao, Moriwaki, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Ihara. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-09 The committee(s) on LBT has rescheduled its public hearing to 02-11-26 3:01PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
• 2026-02-10 Public notice requirement waived pursuant to Senate Rule 21.
• 2026-02-08 The committee(s) on LBT deleted the measure from the public hearing scheduled on 02-09-26 3:01PM; CR 225 & Videoconference.
• 2026-02-06 The committee(s) on LBT has scheduled a public hearing on 02-09-26 3:01PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
• 2026-02-02 Referred to LBT, JDC. referral-committee
• 2026-01-28 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2026-01-28 Introduced. introduction
• 2026-01-26 Pending Introduction.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1ee95af5-7044-4ee6-adcb-ffb43795f735. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).