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This bill addresses funding for collective bargaining cost items for state employees in bargaining unit (14) and their excluded counterparts for the fiscal biennium 2025-2027. The legislation appropriates funds for salary adjustments and cost increases, though the specific monetary amounts are noted as zero in the bill text. The bill ensures that salary increases for employees paid from federal, special, or other funds will be proportionately covered by their respective funding sources. The funds appropriated will be allotted by the director of finance to appropriate state departments and will lapse if not expended or encumbered by June 30, 2026, and June 30, 2027. Notably, the bill acknowledges that the state general fund expenditure ceiling for fiscal year 2025-2026 has already been exceeded by $8,551,796 and will be further exceeded by an unspecified amount, justifying this by citing public interest and meeting specific needs. The bill is set to take effect on July 1, 2050, which is an unusually distant future date that might be a placeholder or drafting error.

Budget and Finance, Labor and Employment

https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1358&year=2026