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Hawaii 2026

HB 202

RELATING TO THE ADEQUATE RESERVE FUND.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-11-12 00:12:40 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Hawaii
Session
2026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Actuarial Study, Adequate Reserve Fund, DLIR, Employment Security Law, Report
Introduced / first action
2025-01-15 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Amends the definition of "adequate reserve fund" by increasing the multiplier used to calculate its amount from the existing factor of 1, to unspecified amounts for calendar year 2026 and for calendar year 2027 and thereafter. Requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to conduct an actuarial study and report to the Legislature. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)

Sponsors

  • SAYAMA (primary), primary
  • LEE (primary), primary
  • M. (primary), primary
  • TAKENOUCHI (primary), primary
  • YAMASHITA (primary), primary

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. House Conferees Appointed: Sayama, Lee, M. Co-Chairs; Reyes Oda.

  2. Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 799).

    receipt

  3. Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).

    receipt

  4. House Conferee(s) discharged.

  5. Senate Conferee(s) discharged.

  6. Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 409).

    receipt

  7. Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

    carried-over

  8. Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-24-25 10:00AM in conference room 016.

  9. Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-23-25 10:00AM in conference room 016.

  10. Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-21-25 10:00AM in conference room 016.

  11. Senate Conferees Appointed: Aquino Chair; Moriwaki Co-Chair; Fevella.

  12. Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 810).

    receipt

  13. Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 732).

    receipt

  14. House Conferees Appointed: Sayama, Lee, M. Co-Chairs; Reyes Oda.

  15. Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 704).

    receipt

  16. House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

    amendment-failure

  17. Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

    passage

  18. Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 601) in amended form (SD 2).

  19. Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1802) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

  20. 48 Hrs. Notice 04-08-25.

  21. The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. 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

  22. The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-02-25 10:01AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  23. Reported from LBT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1169) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

  24. Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.

    reading-2, referral-committee

  25. The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in LBT were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Aquino, Lee, C., Ihara, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Moriwaki.

    committee-passage-favorable

  26. The committee(s) on LBT has scheduled a public hearing on 03-12-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

  27. Referred to LBT, WAM.

    referral-committee

  28. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 10).

    introduction, receipt

  29. Passed First Reading.

    reading-1

  30. Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 830), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  31. Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4). Transmitted to Senate.

    passage

  32. The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 12 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Miyake, Templo, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Lee, M., Morikawa, Alcos, Ward.

    committee-passage-favorable

  33. Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 02-21-25 10:00AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  34. Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 476) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

  35. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Sayama, Ward excused (3).

    reading-2, referral-committee

  36. The committee on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Sayama, Lee, M., Garrett, Kapela, Kong, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  37. Bill scheduled to be heard by LAB on Thursday, 02-06-25 9:00AM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  38. Referred to LAB, FIN, referral sheet 1

    referral-committee

  39. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

    introduction, reading-1

  40. Pending introduction.

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