HB 713 Summary

• Appropriates and authorizes funds for collective bargaining cost items negotiated with bargaining unit (3) for fiscal biennium 2021-2023, with all funding amounts listed as -0- across general funds, special funds, federal funds, and other funding sources.

• Covers salary increases, cost adjustments, and Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund costs for bargaining unit (3) members and excluded state officers/employees in comparable compensation plans.

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

• Specifies that salary increases paid from federal, special, or other funds shall be paid proportionately from those respective funding sources.

• Takes effect on December 25, 2040, with all fiscal year 2021-2022 appropriations remaining available through the end of the biennium unless encumbered by June 30, 2023.