HB 714 Summary

• Appropriates and authorizes funds for collective bargaining cost items for bargaining unit (4) members and excluded state officers and employees for fiscal biennium 2021-2023.

• Covers salary increases, cost adjustments, and Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund costs negotiated between the State and the bargaining unit representative.

• Distributes appropriations across multiple departments including the Department of Education, Judiciary, and Hawaii Health Systems Corporation through various fund sources.

• Establishes that fiscal year 2021-2022 appropriations shall not lapse until the end of fiscal biennium 2021-2023, with any unencumbered funds lapsing on June 30, 2023.

• Effective date: December 25, 2040.