republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2024/hb-2463.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO THE WAGE AND HOUR LAW."
description: "Amending the definition of \"employee\" in Hawaiʻi's Wage and Hour Law to exclude any employee who receives guaranteed compensation totaling $4,000 or more a month. (SD2)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 2463"
citation: "Hawaii HB 2463 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employee", "Guaranteed Compensation", "Wage and Hour Law"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SAIKI"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-22"
last_action: "2024-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46b47973-e446-4244-b4ae-def7e5e92f12"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2463&year=2024"
source_hash: "cf2913af456416818aec1f8edc9c2d507abefd7b4d34486dd2a639ac0fd440b9"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-hi"]
---

# Hawaii HB 2463 (2024) — RELATING TO THE WAGE AND HOUR LAW.

Amending the definition of "employee" in Hawaiʻi's Wage and Hour Law to exclude any employee who receives guaranteed compensation totaling $4,000 or more a month. (SD2)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB2463** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB2463_.HTM)
2. **HB2463_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB2463_HD1_.HTM)
3. **HB2463_HD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB2463_HD2_.HTM)
4. **HB2463_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB2463_SD1_.HTM)
5. **HB2463_SD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB2463_SD2_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee on LGO recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Reconsider: The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Reconsider: The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SAIKI — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-24** Act 073, 06/21/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1174). `became-law`
- **2024-06-24** Act 073, on 06/21/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1174). `became-law`
- **2024-04-19** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2024-04-22** Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 782). `receipt`
- **2024-04-19** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Garcia excused (2). `passage`
- **2024-04-18** House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
- **2024-04-19** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 771). `receipt`
- **2024-04-18** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-11-24.
- **2024-04-15** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 677). `receipt`
- **2024-04-15** Senate Conferees Appointed: Aquino Chair; Lee Co-Chair; Fevella.
- **2024-04-12** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 731). `receipt`
- **2024-04-11** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). `amendment-failure`
- **2024-04-09** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 619) in amended form (SD 2).
- **2024-04-09** Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2024-04-05** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-09-24.
- **2024-04-05** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3760) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
- **2024-04-03** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 11 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kim, Lee, Shimabukuro, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) DeCoite, Kidani. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-01** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-03-24 10:30AM; CR 211 & Videoconference.
- **2024-03-20** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** Reported from LBT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3132) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
- **2024-03-13** 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) Aquino, Ihara, Lee, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Moriwaki ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-08** The committee(s) on LBT has scheduled a public hearing on 03-13-24 3:00PM; CR 224 & Videoconference.
- **2024-03-07** Referred to LBT, WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-07** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-03-07** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 387). `introduction, receipt`
- **2024-03-05** Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Pierick voting no (2) and Representative(s) Cochran, Gates, Kahaloa, Matayoshi, Woodson excused (5). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-05-24.
- **2024-03-01** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 951-24) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2024-02-27** The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kila, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Nishimoto, Poepoe, Takenouchi; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Alcos, Ward; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-23** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 02-27-24 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2024-02-09** 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) Nakashima excused (1). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-09** Reported from LGO (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 226-24) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2024-02-06** The committee on LGO recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Garrett, Kapela, Martinez, Sayama, Tam, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-02** Bill scheduled to be heard by LGO on Tuesday, 02-06-24 9:15AM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2024-01-26** Referred to LGO, FIN, referral sheet 3 `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-22** Pending introduction.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/46b47973-e446-4244-b4ae-def7e5e92f12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).