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HB755HIIntroduced 2026 Regular Session

Relating To Paid Family Leave.

Last status update Jan 21, 2025

What this measure contains

By 1/1/2028, 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 1/1/2029, requires the Department to start receiving claims and paying benefits under the program. Specifies eligibility requirements and employee protections under the program. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

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Related measures

  • SB852— Same As
  • HB755— Carry Over

Related measures may contain different language or follow different histories.

How this measure moved

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.

  1. Introduced
  2. HD1by LAB
  3. HD2by CPC

Companion measures: SB852, HB755. A companion follows its own path; its votes are not combined with this one.

Decision stages

  1. House LAB committee on the introduced draft: Passed, with amendments, reported as HD1

    4 aye · 0 no · 2 excused

  2. House second reading on HD1: Passed

    45 aye · 2 aye with reservations · 3 no · 1 excused

  3. House CPC committee on HD1: Passed, with amendments, reported as HD2

    6 aye · 1 no · 3 excused

  4. House report adoption on HD2: Report adopted

    42 aye · 5 no · 4 excused

House members along the path

House members' votes at each stage of HB755
MemberLAB
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		CPC
HD1		Report adoption
HD2		Change along the path
David AlcosHD-041Aye*NoAye with reservations → No at House report adoption (HD2)
Elijah PierickHD-039AyeAyeNoAye → No at House report adoption (HD2)
Cory ChunHD-035AyeAyeAye
Elle CochranHD-014AyeExcused
Diamond GarciaHD-042NoNo
Andrew GarrettHD-022AyeAyeAye
Linda IchiyamaHD-031AyeAyeAye
Greggor IlaganHD-004AyeAyeAye
Kim IwamotoHD-025AyeAyeAye
Jeanne KapelaHD-005AyeAyeAye
Sam KongHD-033ExcusedNoNoNo
Mike LeeHD-050AyeAyeAye
Nicole LowenHD-007AyeExcusedAye
Lisa MartenHD-051AyeAyeAye
Scot MatayoshiHD-049AyeExcusedExcused
Chris MuraokaHD-045NoNo
Mahina PoepoeHD-013AyeExcused
Julie Reyes OdaHD-040ExcusedAyeAye
Jackson SayamaHD-021AyeAyeAye
Garner ShimizuHD-032Aye*AyeDropped reservations at House report adoption (HD2)
Adrian TamHD-024AyeExcusedAye
Gene WardHD-018ExcusedExcused
29 more House members only counted as floor ayes
MemberLAB
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		CPC
HD1		Report adoption
HD2		Change along the path
Terez AmatoHD-011AyeAye
Della au BelattiHD-026AyeAye
Luke EvslinHD-016AyeAye
Rachele Fernandez LamosaoSD-019AyeAye
Tina GrandinettiHD-020AyeAye
Mark HashemHD-019AyeAye
Daniel HoltHD-028AyeAye
Ikaika HusseyHD-029AyeAye
Kirstin KahaloaHD-006AyeAye
Sue Keohokapu-Lee LoyHD-002AyeAye
Darius KilaHD-044AyeAye
Lisa KitagawaHD-048AyeAye
Matthias KuschHD-001AyeAye
Trish La ChicaHD-037AyeAye
Lauren MatsumotoHD-038AyeAye
Tyson MiyakeHD-010AyeAye
Daynette MorikawaHD-017AyeAye
Nadine NakamuraHD-015AyeAye
Ikaika OldsHD-023AyeAye
Amy PerrusoHD-046AyeAye
Sean QuinlanHD-047AyeAye
Kanani SouzaHD-043AyeAye
Gregg TakayamaHD-034AyeAye
Jenna TakenouchiHD-027AyeAye
David TarnasHD-008AyeAye
Shirley Ann TemploHD-030AyeAye
Chris ToddHD-003AyeAye
Justin WoodsonHD-009AyeAye
Kyle YamashitaHD-012AyeAye

Aye named · Aye* with reservations · Aye floor vote, not named as an exception · No · Excused · Changed reversed from the previous vote

Names are matched to legislators only when exactly one person fits; every printed name on this measure was matched. A missing vote means no record was found for that member at that stage, not a no vote. Committee codes follow the Legislature's abbreviations.Official measure history ↗

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Legislative history

  1. Pending introduction.

  2. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

  3. Referred to LAB, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 2

  4. Bill scheduled to be heard by LAB on Thursday, 01-30-25 9:00AM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  5. The committee(s) on LAB recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-04-25.

  6. Bill scheduled for decision making on Tuesday, 02-04-25 9:00AM in conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  7. The committee on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Sayama, Lee, M., Garrett, Kapela; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Kong, Reyes Oda.

  8. Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 235) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.

  9. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with Representative(s) Alcos, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Kong, Muraoka voting no (3) and Representative(s) Ward excused (1).

  10. Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Wednesday, 02-12-25 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  11. The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Marten, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Kong; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Lowen, Tam.

  12. Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 788) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.

  13. Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Kong, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (5) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4).

  14. Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

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