STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1548

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: S.B. No. 1143

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred S.B. No. 1143, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Expand the types of employee information government agencies are required to disclose, upon written request, to employees' exclusive representatives; and

(2) Require that information regarding new hire employees be provided to the appropriate exclusive representatives within one payroll period.

The University of Hawaii Professional Assembly and Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO testified in support of this measure. The Department of Education provided comments on this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to January 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on this measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1143, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1143, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Public Employment,

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AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair