SB3092 • 2026

MAKING EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

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Sponsor: KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party)
Last action: 2026-02-12
Official status: Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
Effective date: Not listed

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MAKING EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

What This Bill Does

MAKING EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.
Public Employment Cost Items; BU-14; Emergency Appropriations Makes emergency appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Bargaining Unit (14) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2025-2027.
Effective 1/1/2077.
(SD1)

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SD1

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Plain English: SB3092 SD1 THE SENATE S.B.

SB3092 SD1 THE SENATE S.B.
NO.
3092 THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2026 S.D.
1 STATE OF HAWAII A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.

Bill History

2026-02-12 S
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
2026-02-12 S
Reported from LBT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2214) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
2026-02-09 H
Received from Governor re: emergency appropriation (Gov. Msg. No. 3).
2026-02-06 S
The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in LBT were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Elefante, Lamosao, Ihara, Moriwaki, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
2026-02-03 S
The committee(s) on LBT has scheduled a public hearing on 02-06-26 3:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
2026-01-30 S
Referred to LBT, WAM.
2026-01-28 S
Passed First Reading.
2026-01-28 S
Introduced.
2026-01-26 S
Pending Introduction.

Official Summary Text

MAKING EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS.
Public Employment Cost Items; BU-14; Emergency Appropriations
Makes emergency appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of Bargaining Unit (14) and their excluded counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2025-2027. Effective 1/1/2077. (SD1)

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SB3092

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

3092

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2026

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

MAKING EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
COST ITEMS.

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

PART I

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SECTION 1.
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This Act is recommended by the governor for immediate passage in
accordance with section 9 of article VII of the Constitution of the State of
Hawaii.

PART II

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There are
appropriated from the sources of funding indicated below to collective
bargaining statewide (BUF 102) the following sums or so much thereof as may be
necessary to fund for fiscal biennium 2025-2027 all collective bargaining cost
items in the agreement negotiated with the exclusive representative of
collective bargaining unit (14):

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Funds appropriated
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the respective fiscal year for the
purposes of this part.

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There are appropriated from the sources of funding indicated below to
collective bargaining statewide (BUF 102) the following sums or so much thereof
as may be necessary to fund for fiscal biennium 2025-2027 the salary increases
and other cost adjustments authorized by chapter 89C, Hawaii Revised Statutes,
for state officers and employees who are excluded from collective bargaining
and belong to the same compensation plans as those officers and employees
within bargaining unit (14):

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Funds appropriated by this part shall be allotted by the director of
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PART IV

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Salary increases and cost adjustments provided in this Act for any
officer or employee whose compensation is paid, in whole or in part, from
federal, special, or other funds shall be paid wholly or proportionately, as
the case may be, from the respective funds.

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Funds appropriated or authorized by this Act that are not expended or
encumbered by June 30, 2026, and June 30, 2027, of the respective fiscal years,
shall lapse as of those dates.

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This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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BY REQUEST

Report Title:

Public Employment Cost Items; BU-14; Emergency Appropriations

Description:

Makes emergency appropriations for collective bargaining
cost items for the members of Bargaining Unit (14) and their excluded
counterparts, including the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the
State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2025-2027.

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