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Bill RELATING TO THE DEFENSE OF STATE EMPLOYEES. Requires the Attorney General, on behalf of the State, to defend professionally licensed or certified state employees from civil actions or proceedings, under certain circumstances. Clarifies that the employee may employ their own attorney at the employee's own expense. Establishes a process for the Attorney General to transfer or withdraw representation if the Attorney General declines to defend the employee. (CD1) us/states/hi Hawaii Legislature 2025 SB 336 Hawaii SB 336 (2025)
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Hawaii SB 336 (2025) — RELATING TO THE DEFENSE OF STATE EMPLOYEES.

Requires the Attorney General, on behalf of the State, to defend professionally licensed or certified state employees from civil actions or proceedings, under certain circumstances. Clarifies that the employee may employ their own attorney at the employee's own expense. Establishes a process for the Attorney General to transfer or withdraw representation if the Attorney General declines to defend the employee. (CD1)

Version chain

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

  1. SB336 (committee substitute) — source
  2. SB336_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. SB336_HD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • 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) · lower
  • Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. — 250 (pass) · upper
  • The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 50 (pass) · upper
  • The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 40 (pass) · upper
  • The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 140 (pass) · lower
  • The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 100 (pass) · lower
  • The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 40 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • AQUINO — primary (person)
  • CHANG — primary (person)
  • FEVELLA — primary (person)
  • GABBARD — primary (person)
  • RHOADS — primary (person)
  • Moriwaki — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-05-29 Act 120, on 05/29/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1220). became-law
  • 2025-05-29 Act 120, 05/29/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1220). 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; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick excused (2). 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. 142) 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. 142).
  • 2025-04-25 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Kitagawa, Shimizu; 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: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Aquino, Rhoads, Kanuha, 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.
  • 2025-04-22 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-24-25 10:16AM; Conference Room 016.
  • 2025-04-22 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 860). receipt
  • 2025-04-22 Senate Conferees Appointed: Aquino Chair; Rhoads, Kanuha Co-Chairs; Fevella.
  • 2025-04-21 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 754). receipt
  • 2025-04-17 House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas, Kitagawa Co-Chairs; Shimizu.
  • 2025-04-10 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 779). receipt
  • 2025-04-10 Senate disagrees with House amendments. amendment-failure
  • 2025-04-10 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 642). introduction, receipt
  • 2025-04-08 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Marten excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. passage
  • 2025-04-04 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-08-25.
  • 2025-04-04 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2016) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Third Reading.
  • 2025-03-31 The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Hussey, 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) Holt, Ward. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-03-28 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Monday, 03-31-25 3:15PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  • 2025-03-18 Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Muraoka voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2025-03-18 Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1293), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
  • 2025-03-11 The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-03-07 Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 03-11-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  • 2025-03-06 Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 19 referral-committee
  • 2025-03-06 Pass First Reading reading-1
  • 2025-03-04 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 136). introduction, receipt
  • 2025-03-04 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
  • 2025-02-28 One Day Notice 03-04-25.
  • 2025-02-28 Reported from JDC/WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 929) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
  • 2025-02-26 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
  • 2025-02-26 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
  • 2025-02-21 The committee(s) on JDC/WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-26-25 10:05AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
  • 2025-02-10 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDC/WAM. reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2025-02-10 Reported from LBT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 197) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to JDC/WAM.
  • 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
  • 2025-01-28 The committee(s) on LBT has scheduled a public hearing on 01-31-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
  • 2025-01-21 Referred to LBT, JDC/WAM. referral-committee
  • 2025-01-15 Introduced and passed First Reading. introduction
  • 2025-01-14 Pending Introduction.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/644b92ef-c06f-449f-939a-7e5d41a57303. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).