HB 1126 Summary

• Appropriates and authorizes funds for collective bargaining cost items for bargaining unit (13) members and excluded employees for fiscal biennium 2021-2023, with all appropriations set at $0 across all fund sources (general, special, federal, trust, revolving, and other funds).

• Authorizes salary increases and cost adjustments under Hawaii Revised Statutes chapter 89C for state officers and employees excluded from collective bargaining who belong to the same compensation plans as bargaining unit (13) members.

• Covers Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund costs negotiated between the State and bargaining unit (13) representative for both included and excluded employees across state departments, the judiciary, and Hawaii health systems corporation.

• Designates the director of finance to allot funds to appropriate state departments for expenditure in respective fiscal years, with separate provisions for the judiciary and Hawaii health systems corporation.

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