SB2150 • 2026

RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT EARNINGS.

Labor

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Sponsor: RHOADS, CHANG
Last action: 2026-01-22
Official status: Referred to LBT, JDC.
Effective date: Not listed

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RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT EARNINGS.

What This Bill Does

RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT EARNINGS.
Employment; Job Listing; Disclosure; Exemption Requires hourly rate or salary ranges to be disclosed on job listings for full-time, part-time, temporary, or seasonal employees.
Removes the exemption for employers having fewer than fifty employees.

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Bill History

2026-01-22 S
Referred to LBT, JDC.
2026-01-21 S
Introduced and passed First Reading.
2026-01-14 S
Pending Introduction.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT EARNINGS.
Employment; Job Listing; Disclosure; Exemption
Requires hourly rate or salary ranges to be disclosed on job listings for full-time, part-time, temporary, or seasonal employees. Removes the exemption for employers having fewer than fifty employees.

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SB2150

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

2150

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2026

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating
to employment earnings
.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

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SECTION
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Section
378-2.8, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read
as follows:

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(b)
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This section shall [
not
] apply to job
listings for[
:
]
full-time, part-time, temporary, or seasonal
employees; provided that the employer employs at least one covered employee in
the State, except for:

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(1)
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Positions that are
internal
transfers or promotions within a current employer;
or

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(2)
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Public employee
positions for which salary, benefits, or other compensation are determined
pursuant to collective bargaining[
; or

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(3)
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Positions with
employers having fewer than fifty employees
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SECTION
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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
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This Act shall
take effect on January 1, 2027.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Employment;
Job Listing; Disclosure; Exemption

Description:

Requires
hourly rate or salary ranges to be disclosed on job listings for full-time,
part-time, temporary, or seasonal employees.
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Removes the exemption for employers having fewer than fifty employees.

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