HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H.B. NO.
2272
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2026
H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII
S.D. 1
C.D. 1
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
SECTION 1. 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
SECTION 2. 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 (11):
[Underlined: FY 2025-2026] [Underlined: FY 2026-2027]
General funds $218,194 $461,643
Special funds $832,498 $1,761,465
SECTION 3. Funds appropriated by this part shall be allotted by the director of finance to the appropriate state departments for expenditure in the respective fiscal year for the purposes of this part.
PART III
SECTION 4. 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 (11):
[Underlined: FY 2025-2026] [Underlined: FY 2026-2027]
General funds $14,795 $31,046
Special funds $77,099 $161,875
SECTION 5. Funds appropriated by this part shall be allotted by the director of finance to the appropriate state departments for expenditure in the respective fiscal year for the purposes of this part.
PART IV
SECTION 6. There are appropriated from the source of funding indicated below to health premium payments (BUF 761) 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 (11):
[Underlined: FY 2025-2026] [Underlined: FY 2026-2027]
General funds $219,746 $433,723
SECTION 7. Funds appropriated by this part shall be allotted by the director of finance to the appropriate state departments for expenditure in the respective fiscal year for the purposes of this part.
PART V
SECTION 8. There are appropriated from the source of funding indicated below to health premium payments (BUF 761) 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 (11):
[Underlined: FY 2025-2026] [Underlined: FY 2026-2027]
General funds $11,300 $22,202
SECTION 9. Funds appropriated by this part shall be allotted by the director of finance to the appropriate state departments for expenditure in the respective fiscal year for the purposes of this part.
PART VI
SECTION 10. 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.
SECTION 11. The fiscal year 2025-2026 appropriations or authorizations under this Act shall not lapse until the end of the fiscal biennium 2025-2027; provided that funds appropriated or authorized by this Act that are not expended or encumbered by June 30, 2027, shall lapse as of that date.
SECTION 12. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Report Title:
Public Employment Cost Items; BU-11; Emergency Appropriations
Description:
Makes emergency appropriations for collective bargaining cost items for the members of bargaining unit (11) and their excluded counterparts, including health premium payments and the cost of salary adjustments negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative for fiscal biennium 2025-2027.
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