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type: "Bill"
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title: "RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND BASE COMPOSITE MONTHLY CONTRIBUTION."
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description: "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)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
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legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 1359"
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citation: "Hawaii SB 1359 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["EUTF", "Employer Base Composite Monthly Contribution"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["KOUCHI"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2025-01-21"
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last_action: "2025-05-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96c4e4d5-daed-48ed-a2d9-eba169cbd4c7"
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source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1359&year=2025"
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source_hash: "9c1b600572488d13d55675c5d91232f5c1499e78a7f1a2d1a354fc79e3a8274e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-hi"]
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---
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# Hawaii SB 1359 (2025) — RELATING TO THE HAWAII EMPLOYER-UNION HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST FUND BASE COMPOSITE MONTHLY CONTRIBUTION.
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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)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **SB1359** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1359_.HTM)
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2. **SB1359_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1359_HD1_.HTM)
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3. **SB1359_HD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1359_HD2_.HTM)
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## Votes
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- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- The committee on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reconsider: The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reconsider: Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. — **23–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Final Reading. — **23–0** (pass) · upper
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- The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- KOUCHI — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-05-15** Act 054, on 05/15/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1154). `became-law`
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- **2025-05-15** Act 054, 05/15/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1154). `became-law`
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- **2025-04-16** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-04-16** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 806). `receipt`
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- **2025-04-16** Passed Final Reading. Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 2 (Senator(s) Fevella, Ihara). `passage`
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- **2025-04-15** Received notice of reconsideration and Senate agreement (Sen. Com. No. 786). `receipt`
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- **2025-04-15** One Day Notice 04-16-25
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- **2025-04-15** Senate agrees with House amendments. Placed on the calendar for Final Reading on 04-16-25.
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- **2025-04-15** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-10-25 in disagreeing to the House amendments.
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- **2025-04-10** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 779). `receipt`
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- **2025-04-10** Senate disagrees with House amendments. `amendment-failure`
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- **2025-04-10** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 682). `introduction, receipt`
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- **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`
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- **2025-04-04** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-08-25.
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- **2025-04-04** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1992) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
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- **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`
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- **2025-03-25** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 03-28-25 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
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- **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`
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- **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.
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- **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`
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- **2025-03-06** Bill scheduled to be heard by LAB on Tuesday, 03-11-25 9:30AM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
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- **2025-03-04** Referred to LAB, FIN, referral sheet 18 `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-04** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-28** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 54). `introduction, receipt`
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- **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`
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- **2025-02-27** One Day Notice 02-28-25.
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- **2025-02-27** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 784) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
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- **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`
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- **2025-02-14** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-19-25 10:02AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
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- **2025-02-10** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. `reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-10** Reported from LBT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 203) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.
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- **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`
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- **2025-01-28** The committee(s) on LBT has scheduled a public hearing on 01-31-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
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- **2025-01-27** Referred to LBT, WAM. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-23** Introduced and passed First Reading. `introduction`
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- **2025-01-21** Pending Introduction.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96c4e4d5-daed-48ed-a2d9-eba169cbd4c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).
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