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Hawaii 2026

HB 2455

RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES.

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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
Administrative Leave of Absence, Employment Practices, Workplace Violence
Introduced / first action
2026-01-27 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Requires certain employers to provide administrative leave of absence for victims of workplace violence or threat of workplace violence. Expands the type of certification an employee may provide to an employer if the leave exceeds five days per calendar year. Prohibits retaliation against employees for exercising rights related to domestic violence, sexual violence, or workplace violence or threat of workplace violence. Effective 1/1/2077. (SD1)

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Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 810).

    receipt

  2. Re-referred to LAB, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 32

    referral-committee

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

  4. Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 780).

    receipt

  5. House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

    amendment-failure

  6. Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 3 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte, Fevella). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

    passage

  7. Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 693) in amended form (SD 1).

  8. Reported from JDC/WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3778) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.

  9. One Day Notice 04-14-26.

  10. The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Richards, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  11. The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  12. The committee(s) on JDC/WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-08-26 10:15AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  13. Reported from LBT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3350) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC/WAM.

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

    reading-2, referral-committee

  15. The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in LBT were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Elefante, Lamosao, Moriwaki; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Ihara, Fevella.

    committee-passage-favorable

  16. The committee(s) on LBT has scheduled a public hearing on 03-23-26 3:01PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

  17. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 425).

    introduction, receipt

  18. Passed First Reading.

    reading-1

  19. Referred to LBT, JDC/WAM.

    referral-committee

  20. Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Pierick, Shimizu voting no (3) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.

    passage

  21. Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1154-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.

  22. Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-10-26.

  23. The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Sayama, Takayama; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Garcia, Shimizu; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.

    committee-passage-favorable

  24. Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 03-03-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  25. Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 629-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

  26. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1).

    reading-2, referral-committee

  27. 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

  28. Bill scheduled to be heard by LAB on Tuesday, 02-17-26 9:00AM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  29. Referred to LAB, JHA, referral sheet 6

    referral-committee

  30. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

    introduction, reading-1

  31. Pending introduction.

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