HB 712 Summary

• Appropriates and authorizes funds for collective bargaining cost items negotiated with bargaining unit (2) exclusive representative for fiscal biennium 2021-2023, with all appropriations listed as -0- for both years across general, special, federal, and revolving funds.

• Extends salary increases and cost adjustments to excluded state officers and employees in the same compensation plans as bargaining unit (2) members, including Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund costs.

• Applies appropriations to state departments including the Department of Education, Judiciary (JUD 601), and Hawaii Health Systems Corporation with allocation directed by the Director of Finance.

• Provides that FY 2021-2022 appropriations do not lapse until end of fiscal biennium 2021-2023; any unexpended or unencumbered funds lapse as of June 30, 2023.

• Takes effect on December 25, 2040.