Bill > SB1348

This bill addresses public employment cost items for collective bargaining Unit (3) for the fiscal biennium 2025-2027, specifically authorizing funding allocations for salary adjustments and cost items negotiated between the State of Hawaii and the bargaining unit representative. The bill provides detailed funding authorizations across multiple state departments, including collective bargaining statewide, administration, the Department of Education, and the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, with all current funding levels set at zero dollars. Notably, the bill ensures that any salary increases or cost adjustments for officers and employees paid from federal, special, or other funds will be proportionately funded from those respective sources. The bill also includes provisions that any funds not expended or encumbered by June 30, 2026, and June 30, 2027, will lapse on those dates. Importantly, the legislature 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, justifying this by asserting that the appropriations are necessary to serve the public interest. The bill is set to take effect on July 1, 2050, which is an unusually distant future date for legislation.

Budget and Finance, Labor and Employment

https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1348&year=2025