Bill > HB1028

This bill appropriates and authorizes funding for collective bargaining cost items for employees in bargaining unit (2), which typically includes professional and scientific employees, for the fiscal biennium 2025-2027. The bill allocates funds from multiple sources including general funds, special funds, federal funds, and other funds to support salary adjustments and cost items negotiated between the State of Hawaii and the exclusive representative of the bargaining unit. The funding is distributed across various state departments, with the largest allocations going to the Department of Education, collective bargaining statewide, health premium payments, and the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation. The bill specifies that salary increases for employees paid from federal, special, or other funds will be paid proportionately from those respective funding sources. Any funds not expended or encumbered by the end of each fiscal year (June 30, 2026, and June 30, 2027) will lapse, and the bill will take effect on July 1, 2025. The total funding across all sources and fiscal years amounts to several million dollars, with general funds comprising the largest portion of the appropriations.

Budget and Finance, Labor and Employment

https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1028&year=2025