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SB1660HIEngrossed 2026 Regular Session

Relating To Employment.

Last status update Mar 4, 2025

What this measure contains

Requires employers in the hospitality industry to implement anti-harassment measures, provide training, and equip certain workers with panic buttons. Prohibits retaliation against a hospitality worker who files a complaint, uses the provided panic button, or participates in an investigation or proceeding related to a harassment complaint. Requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to adopt rules, including rules determining penalties and establishing procedures for handling complaints. Requires all hospitality employers to comply no later than 1/1/2026. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

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Bill text and versions

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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

Companion measure: SB1660. 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. Judiciary (JDC) on SD1: Passed, unamended

    4 aye · 0 no · 1 excused · Source roll call

  3. Senate third reading on SD1: Passed

    25 aye · 0 no · 0 excused

Senate members along the path

Senate members' votes at each stage of SB1660
MemberLBT
Introduced		JDC
SD1		Third reading
SD1		Change along the path
Henry AquinoSD-019AyeAye
Brenton AwaSD-023ExcusedAye
Stanley ChangSD-009AyeAye
Kurt FevellaSD-020AyeAye
Mike GabbardSD-021AyeAye
Les IharaSD-010AyeAye
Chris LeeSD-025AyeAye
Sharon MoriwakiSD-012AyeAye
Karl RhoadsSD-013AyeAye
Joy San BuenaventuraSD-002AyeAye
15 more Senate members only counted as floor ayes
MemberLBT
Introduced		JDC
SD1		Third reading
SD1		Change along the path
Donovan CruzSD-017Aye
Lynn DecoiteSD-007Aye
Samantha DeCorteSD-022Aye
Brandon ElefanteSD-016Aye
Carol FukunagaSD-011Aye
Troy HashimotoSD-005Aye
Lorraine InouyeSD-001Aye
Dru KanuhaSD-003Aye
Jarrett KeohokaloleSD-024Aye
Michelle KidaniSD-018Aye
Donna KimSD-014Aye
Ronald KouchiSD-008Aye
Angus McKelveySD-006Aye
Tim RichardsSD-004Aye
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. Introduced.

  2. Passed First Reading.

  3. Referred to LBT, JDC.

  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. 355) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.

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

  8. The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-26-25 9:40AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

  9. The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa.

  10. Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 976) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.

  11. One Day Notice 03-04-25.

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

  13. Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 388) in amended form (SD 1).

  14. Pass First Reading

  15. Referred to TOU, LAB, JHA, referral sheet 19

  16. Bill scheduled to be heard by TOU on Thursday, 03-13-25 10:30AM in House conference room 423 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

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

  18. Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

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