HB 714 Summary

• Appropriates and authorizes funds for collective bargaining cost items negotiated with bargaining unit (4) for fiscal biennium 2021-2023, with all appropriations set at zero dollars across general, special, federal, and other fund sources.

• Provides funding for salary increases and Hawaii employer-union health benefits trust fund costs for excluded state officers and employees in the same compensation plans as bargaining unit (4) members across multiple state departments.

• Designates specific appropriations for the Department of Education, Judiciary (administration), and Hawaii health systems corporation with separate funding mechanisms for each entity.

• Authorizes the Director of Finance to allot appropriated funds to respective state departments and entities for expenditure in their respective fiscal years.

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