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HB2291
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H.B. NO.
2291
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2026
STATE OF HAWAII
A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE
HAWAII NATIONAL GUARD
.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
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SECTION 1.
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Section 89-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection
(f) to read as follows:
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"(f)
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The following individuals shall not be
included in any appropriate bargaining unit or be entitled to coverage under
this chapter:
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(1)
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Elected
or appointed official;
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(2)
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Member
of any board or commission; provided that nothing in this paragraph shall
prohibit a member of a collective bargaining unit from serving on a governing
board of a charter school, on the state public charter school commission, or as
a charter school authorizer established under chapter 302D;
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(3)
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Top-level
managerial and administrative personnel, including the department head, deputy
or assistant to a department head, administrative officer, director, or chief
of a state or county agency or major division, and legal counsel;
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(4)
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Secretary
to top-level managerial and administrative personnel under paragraph (3);
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(5)
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Individual
concerned with confidential matters affecting employee-employer relations;
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(6)
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Part-time
employee working less than twenty hours per week, except part-time employees
included in unit (5);
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(7)
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Temporary
employee of three months' duration or less;
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(8)
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Employee
of the executive office of the governor or a household employee at Washington
Place;
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(9)
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Employee
of the executive office of the lieutenant governor;
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(10)
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Employee
of the executive office of the mayor;
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(11)
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Staff
of the legislative branch of the State;
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(12)
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Staff
of the legislative branches of the counties, except employees of the clerks'
offices of the counties;
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(13)
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Any
commissioned and enlisted personnel of the
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Hawaii national guard;
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(14)
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Inmate,
kokua, patient, ward, or student of a state institution;
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(15)
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Student
help;
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(16)
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Staff
of the Hawaii labor relations board;
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(17)
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Employees
of the Hawaii national guard [
youth
challenge academy;
]
civil-military program
;
or
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(18)
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Employees
of the office of elections."
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SECTION 2.
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Section 121-44, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
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"[
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�121-44
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[
Youth challenge
]
civil-military
program[
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]
; nā kula alaka
`
i.
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(a)
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There is established the Hawaii national guard civil-military program,
also known as "nā kula alaka
`
i," to be
administered by the department of defense.
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The department of defense may establish and administer youth and adult
education programs within the Hawaii national guard civil-military program.
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(b)
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Positions in the Hawaii national guard civil-military program shall be
exempt from chapters 76 and 89.
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[
(a)
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(c)
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Notwithstanding any other law
to the contrary, the department
of defense
may receive, expend, use,
manage, and invest money, services, or property, real, personal, or mixed, that
may be given, bequeathed, devised, or in any other manner provided, from
sources other than the legislature or the federal government, for any purpose
authorized
under the Hawaii national guard [
youth challenge
]
civil-military
program, as described in that certain grant program under the National Guard
Bureau, and not inconsistent with any terms or conditions imposed by the donor,
this section, or chapter 84.
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[
(b)
]
(d)
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A gift of money shall be deposited by the
director of finance in a separate account in the state treasury and expended in
accordance with law and any terms and conditions that may pertain to the gift.
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Unless otherwise specified as a term or
condition, the department
of defense
may convert a gift of property into
money.
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Income derived from property or
the conversion of property may be used for the purposes described in this
section and to pay for the storage, handling, management, repair, maintenance,
and distribution of other properties held by the department
of defense
for these purposes.
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[
(c)
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(e)
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All expenditures made pursuant to this
section shall be subject to the approval of the adjutant general.
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[
(d)
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(f)
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In the case of services and property, real,
personal, or mixed received, the department
of defense
shall thereafter
be responsible for their management, repair, and maintenance.
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[
(e)
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(g)
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The source making the gift shall not be
liable upon any claim for injury arising from the donated property; provided
that this provision shall not affect the responsibility or liability of
manufacturers of defective products nor shall it affect the responsibilities of
negligent persons who cause dangerous conditions that result in injury.
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[
(f)
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(h)
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The department
of defense
shall
maintain records of each gift, the essential facts of gift management, details
relating to expenditures of all money made pursuant to this section, and the
current disposition, use, and condition of each gift held by the department.
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This information shall be compiled and
reported annually to the legislature and the governor, and shall be made
available to the general public free of charge."
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SECTION 3.
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Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.
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New statutory material is underscored.
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SECTION 4.
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This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
INTRODUCED BY:
_____________________________
BY REQUEST
Report Title:
Hawaii National Guard Youth Challenge Program; Civil-Military
Program;
Nā Kula Alaka
`
i
; Civil Service; Collective
Bargaining; Exemption
Description:
Clarifies that employees of the Hawaii National Guard
youth and adult educational programs are excluded from collective
bargaining.
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Renames the "Hawaii
National Guard Youth Challenge Program" to the "Hawaii National Guard
Civil-Military Program" and codifies its Hawaiian name, "Nā Kula
Alaka`i
."
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