HI SB2560

Requires the Department of Human Resources Development to establish hiring and promotion goals for position-qualified transgender and non-binary persons by January 1, 2024.

Mandates development of a State Transgender Employment Policy addressing eight areas: privacy, official records, name and pronoun usage, transition support, job assignments, dress codes, locker room access, and health insurance coverage for transition-related care.

Requires gender identity reporting to be voluntary for employees and job applicants, with all state employment forms to include a nonbinary gender option.

Directs the Department of Human Resources Development to submit annual progress reports to the legislature before the 2025 and 2026 regular sessions detailing progress toward hiring goals and actions taken to meet them.

Appropriates unspecified general revenue funds for fiscal year 2022-2023 to establish the hiring goals and develop the employment policy, with the Act taking effect on July 1, 2050.