HB 1126 Summary

• Appropriates and authorizes funds for collective bargaining cost items negotiated with bargaining unit (13) for fiscal biennium 2021-2023, covering salary increases and Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund costs.

• Applies to multiple state departments including the Department of Education, the Judiciary, and the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, with separate appropriations for each entity.

• Extends cost adjustments to non-bargaining unit officers and employees who belong to the same compensation plans as bargaining unit (13) members, as authorized by Hawaii Revised Statutes chapter 89C.

• All appropriations are shown as -0- (no specific dollar amounts allocated) across general, special, federal, trust, and other fund sources.

• Takes effect on December 25, 2040; fiscal year 2021-2022 appropriations do not lapse until end of fiscal biennium 2021-2023, with remaining funds lapsing June 30, 2023.