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SB1287HIEngrossed 2026 Regular Session

Relating To Transparency.

Last status update Mar 4, 2025

What this measure contains

Requires under the State's wage compensation laws that food, beverage, and service establishments that accept tips and employ tipped employees post signs that include language explaining their tip allocation practices and the contact information for the Wage Standards Division of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations and the Wage and Hours Division of the United States Department of Labor. Establishes back wages and penalties as available remedies for employees in the event of a violation. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)

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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. SD1by LBT
  3. SD2by CPN

Companion measure: SB1287. A companion follows its own path; its votes are not combined with this one.

Decision stages

  1. Labor and Technology (LBT) on the introduced draft: Passed, with amendments, reported as SD1

    5 aye · 0 no · 0 excused · Source roll call

  2. Commerce and Consumer Protection (CPN) on SD1: Passed, with amendments, reported as SD2

    5 aye · 0 no · 0 excused · Source roll call

  3. Senate third reading on SD2: Passed

    25 aye · 0 no · 0 excused

Senate members along the path

Senate members' votes at each stage of SB1287
MemberLBT
Introduced		CPN
SD1		Third reading
SD2		Change along the path
Henry AquinoSD-019AyeAye
Brenton AwaSD-023AyeAye
Kurt FevellaSD-020AyeAye
Carol FukunagaSD-011AyeAye
Les IharaSD-010AyeAye
Jarrett KeohokaloleSD-024AyeAye
Chris LeeSD-025AyeAye
Angus McKelveySD-006AyeAye
Sharon MoriwakiSD-012AyeAye
Tim RichardsSD-004AyeAye
15 more Senate members only counted as floor ayes
MemberLBT
Introduced		CPN
SD1		Third reading
SD2		Change along the path
Stanley ChangSD-009Aye
Donovan CruzSD-017Aye
Lynn DecoiteSD-007Aye
Samantha DeCorteSD-022Aye
Brandon ElefanteSD-016Aye
Mike GabbardSD-021Aye
Troy HashimotoSD-005Aye
Lorraine InouyeSD-001Aye
Dru KanuhaSD-003Aye
Michelle KidaniSD-018Aye
Donna KimSD-014Aye
Ronald KouchiSD-008Aye
Karl RhoadsSD-013Aye
Joy San BuenaventuraSD-002Aye
Glenn WakaiSD-015Aye

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 passed First Reading.

  3. Referred to LBT, CPN.

  4. The committee(s) on LBT has scheduled a public hearing on 02-05-25 3:10PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

  5. 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) Aquino, Lee, C., Ihara, Moriwaki, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

  6. Reported from LBT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 352) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN.

  7. Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN.

  8. The committee(s) on CPN will hold a public decision making on 02-25-25 9:32AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  9. The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, McKelvey, Richards, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

  10. Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 847) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

  11. 48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25.

  12. Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

  13. Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 294) in amended form (SD 2).

  14. Pass First Reading

  15. Referred to LAB, CPC, referral sheet 19

  16. Bill scheduled to be heard by LAB on Thursday, 03-13-25 9:00AM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  17. The committee(s) on LAB recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.

  18. Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

Bill sponsors