HI SB1514

Establishes a temporary working group to study the feasibility of transitioning Hawaii's legislature from a 3.5-month session (mid-January to early May) to a year-round session.

Working group membership includes one senator and one representative as co-chairs, the attorney general or designee, chief clerks of both chambers, the governor's designee, and representatives from the League of Women Voters of Hawaii, Common Cause Hawaii, and the Hawaii State Association of Counties.

Working group must analyze financial impacts and staffing costs of a year-round session, recommend necessary constitutional and statutory changes, examine other states with year-round legislatures (California, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania), and document advantages and disadvantages of continuous sessions.

Legislative Reference Bureau shall provide administrative support and may hire contractors or consultants to assist the working group.

Working group must submit findings and recommendations to the legislature no later than twenty days before the 2026 regular session; working group terminates forty days before the 2027 regular session.