Bill > HB1036

This bill provides appropriations and authorizations for collective bargaining cost items for Bargaining Unit (10), which typically represents a specific group of state employees, and their excluded counterparts for the fiscal biennium 2025-2027. The bill covers multiple state departments, including the Department of Education, Administration (Judiciary), and Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, and authorizes funding for salary adjustments and cost increases negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative. Interestingly, while the bill provides for potential salary increases, all funding amounts are currently listed as "-0-" for general, special, federal, and other funds across both fiscal years. The bill also stipulates that any salary increases for employees paid from federal, special, or other funds will be proportionally funded from those respective sources. Additionally, the bill declares that the state general fund expenditure ceiling for fiscal year 2025-2026 has already been exceeded and will be further exceeded by the appropriations in this Act, justifying this by stating 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=HB&billnumber=1036&year=2026