SB3155 • 2026

RELATING TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

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Sponsor: KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party)
Last action: 2026-02-02
Official status: Referred to LBT/GVO, WAM.
Effective date: Not listed

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RELATING TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

What This Bill Does

RELATING TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
Workforce Development; Internships; Internal Recruitment Establishes priority consideration for full-time employment in state departments or agencies for certain participants in state-funded internship and workforce development programs by granting them eligibility for internal recruitment.

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Bill History

2026-02-02 S
Referred to LBT/GVO, WAM.
2026-01-28 S
Passed First Reading.
2026-01-28 S
Introduced.
2026-01-26 S
Pending Introduction.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
Workforce Development; Internships; Internal Recruitment
Establishes priority consideration for full-time employment in state departments or agencies for certain participants in state-funded internship and workforce development programs by granting them eligibility for internal recruitment.

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SB3155

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

3155

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2026

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

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

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SECTION 1.
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Chapter 76,
Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding to part I a new section to be
appropriately designated and to read as follows:

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Interns; eligible for internal
recruitment.
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Notwithstanding
any other law to the contrary, an intern who has completed at least four
hundred eighty hours of work experience acquired through a state-funded
internship or workforce development program within a department or agency of
the State shall be deemed eligible for internal recruitment within that
department or agency.
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SECTION 2.
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If any portion of this Act or its application to any person, entity, or
circumstance is held to be invalid for any reason, then the legislature
declares that the remainder of the Act and each and every other provision
thereof shall not be affected thereby.

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SECTION 3.
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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:

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BY REQUEST

Report Title:

Workforce Development; Internships; Internal Recruitment

Description:

Establishes priority consideration for full-time
employment in state departments or agencies for certain participants in
state-funded internship and workforce development programs by granting them
eligibility for internal recruitment.

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