Relating To Paid Family Leave.
Last status update Mar 10, 2026
What this measure contains
By 1/1/2029, requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to establish a family and medical leave insurance program and begin collecting payroll contributions to finance payment of benefits. By 1/1/2030, requires the Department to begin receiving claims and paying benefits under the program. Specifies eligibility requirements and employee protections under the program. Excludes paid family and medical leave benefits from income tax. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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- Introduced · Official document ↗· Jan 27, 2026
- Amended · Official document ↗· Feb 10, 2026
- Amended · Official document ↗· Mar 7, 2026
Legislative path
Each stage below is a recorded decision from the official measure history, attached to the draft it considered. A member's row follows their votes from the first draft to the latest, and a highlighted vote marks where it changed. Committee and conference votes list every member by name. Floor votes list only exceptions; members serving that day who aren't named are shown as ayes in a dashed outline.
- Introduced
- HD1by LAB
- HD2by FIN
Decision stages
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House LAB committee on the introduced draft: Passed, with amendments, reported as HD1
5 aye · 1 aye with reservations · 0 no · 0 excused
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House second reading on HD1: Passed
50 aye · 0 no · 1 excused
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House CPC committee on HD1: Passed, unamended
6 aye · 2 aye with reservations · 1 no · 2 excused
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House report adoption on HD1: Report adopted
46 aye · 2 aye with reservations · 1 no · 1 excused
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House FIN committee on HD1: Passed, with amendments, reported as HD2
8 aye · 8 aye with reservations · 0 no · 0 excused
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House third reading on HD2: Passed
42 aye · 3 aye with reservations · 5 no · 0 excused
House members along the path
| Member | LAB Introduced | Second reading HD1 | CPC HD1 | Report adoption HD1 | FIN HD1 | Third reading HD2 | Change along the path |
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| Diamond GarciaHD-042 | Aye | Aye* | No | Added reservations at House report adoption (HD1)Aye with reservations → No at House third reading (HD2) | |||
| Sam KongHD-033 | Aye* | Aye | Aye* | Aye | No | Dropped reservations at House second reading (HD1)Added reservations at House CPC committee (HD1)Dropped reservations at House report adoption (HD1)Aye → No at House third reading (HD2) | |
| Chris MuraokaHD-045 | Aye | Aye* | No | Added reservations at House report adoption (HD1)Aye with reservations → No at House third reading (HD2) | |||
| Elijah PierickHD-039 | Aye | No | No | No | Aye → No at House CPC committee (HD1) | ||
| Garner ShimizuHD-032 | Aye | Aye | No | Aye → No at House third reading (HD2) | |||
| David AlcosHD-041 | Aye | Aye | Aye* | Aye* | Added reservations at House FIN committee (HD1) | ||
| Cory ChunHD-035 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Andrew GarrettHD-022 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Joe GedeonHD-018 | Aye | Aye | Aye* | Aye* | Added reservations at House FIN committee (HD1) | ||
| Tina GrandinettiHD-020 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Daisy HartsfieldHD-036 | Aye | Aye | Aye* | Aye | Added reservations at House FIN committee (HD1)Dropped reservations at House third reading (HD2) | ||
| Daniel HoltHD-028 | Excused | ||||||
| Ikaika HusseyHD-029 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Linda IchiyamaHD-031 | Aye | Excused | Aye | Aye | |||
| Greggor IlaganHD-004 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Kim IwamotoHD-025 | Aye | Aye* | Aye | Aye* | Added reservations at House CPC committee (HD1)Dropped reservations at House report adoption (HD1)Added reservations at House third reading (HD2) | ||
| Jeanne KapelaHD-005 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Sue Keohokapu-Lee LoyHD-002 | Aye | Aye | Aye* | Aye | Added reservations at House FIN committee (HD1)Dropped reservations at House third reading (HD2) | ||
| Lisa KitagawaHD-048 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Matthias KuschHD-001 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Mike LeeHD-050 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye* | Aye | Added reservations at House FIN committee (HD1)Dropped reservations at House third reading (HD2) | |
| Nicole LowenHD-007 | Aye | Excused | Aye | Aye | |||
| Lisa MartenHD-051 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Scot MatayoshiHD-049 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Tyson MiyakeHD-010 | Aye | Aye | Aye* | Aye | Added reservations at House FIN committee (HD1)Dropped reservations at House third reading (HD2) | ||
| Daynette MorikawaHD-017 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Amy PerrusoHD-046 | Aye | Aye | Aye* | Aye | Added reservations at House FIN committee (HD1)Dropped reservations at House third reading (HD2) | ||
| Sean QuinlanHD-047 | Aye | Excused | Aye | ||||
| Julie Reyes OdaHD-040 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye* | Aye | Added reservations at House FIN committee (HD1)Dropped reservations at House third reading (HD2) | |
| Jackson SayamaHD-021 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Jenna TakenouchiHD-027 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Adrian TamHD-024 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Shirley Ann TemploHD-030 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Chris ToddHD-003 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||
| Kyle YamashitaHD-012 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye |
16 more House members only counted as floor ayes
| Member | LAB Introduced | Second reading HD1 | CPC HD1 | Report adoption HD1 | FIN HD1 | Third reading HD2 | Change along the path |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terez AmatoHD-011 | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Della au BelattiHD-026 | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Elle CochranHD-014 | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Luke EvslinHD-016 | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Mark HashemHD-019 | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Kirstin KahaloaHD-006 | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Darius KilaHD-044 | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Trish La ChicaHD-037 | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Lauren MatsumotoHD-038 | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Nadine NakamuraHD-015 | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Ikaika OldsHD-023 | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Mahina PoepoeHD-013 | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Kanani SouzaHD-043 | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Gregg TakayamaHD-034 | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| David TarnasHD-008 | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Justin WoodsonHD-009 | Aye | Aye | Aye |
Aye named · Aye* with reservations · Aye floor vote, not named as an exception · No · Excused · Changed reversed from the previous vote
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Legislative history
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Pending introduction.
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Introduced and Pass First Reading.
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Referred to LAB, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 6
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Bill scheduled to be heard by LAB on Thursday, 02-05-26 9:30AM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
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The committee on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Sayama, Lee, M., Garrett, Kapela, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Kong; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
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Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 188-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
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Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Holt excused (1).
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Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Wednesday, 02-18-26 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
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The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Grandinetti, Chun, Ilagan, Marten, Tam; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Iwamoto, Kong; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Pierick; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Lowen.
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Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 671-26), recommending referral to FIN.
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Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1).
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Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 02-26-26 10:00AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
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The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hussey, Kitagawa, Kusch, Morikawa, Templo, Yamashita; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Hartsfield, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Lee, M., Miyake, Perruso, Alcos, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
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Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1161-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
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Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-10-26.
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Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Alcos, Gedeon, Iwamoto voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Kong, Muraoka, Pierick, Shimizu voting no (5) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.
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Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 404).
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Passed First Reading.
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Referred to LBT/CPN, WAM/JDC.