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HI HB158
Bill
Status
1/16/2025
Primary Sponsor
Mike Lee
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AI Summary
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Removes the labor dispute disqualification provision from Hawaii's unemployment benefits law, eliminating the bar that previously prevented workers unemployed due to strikes or lockouts from receiving benefits.
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Renumbers existing disqualification provisions in section 383-30 by striking former subsection (4) on labor disputes, which causes subsequent subsections to shift up by one number.
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Updates cross-references in sections 383-44 and 383-141 to reflect the renumbered disqualification provisions, changing references from "383-30(5)" to "383-30(4)" and "383-30(6)" to "383-30(5)".
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Allows striking workers to qualify for unemployment benefits by removing the statutory exclusion that made workers involved in labor disputes ineligible for benefits.
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Takes effect July 1, 3000 (appears to contain a drafting error in the effective date).
Legislative Description
Relating To Unemployment Benefits.
Eligibility
Last Action
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (3) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2).
2/11/2025