HB 712 Summary

• Authorizes and appropriates funds for collective bargaining cost items negotiated with bargaining unit (2) for fiscal years 2021-2023, including salary adjustments and Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund costs.

• Appropriates zero dollars (-0-) across all funding sources (general, special, federal, and revolving funds) for the statewide collective bargaining agreement and related expenditures.

• Extends appropriations to excluded state officers and employees in the same compensation plans as bargaining unit (2) members, including salary increases authorized under Hawaii Revised Statutes chapter 89C.

• Applies appropriations across multiple state departments and agencies including the Department of Education, Judiciary, Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, and various health premium payment accounts.

• Takes effect December 25, 2040; fiscal year 2021-2022 appropriations do not lapse until end of biennium but any unencumbered funds lapse by June 30, 2023.