STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2194

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2790

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Labor, Culture and the Arts, to which was referred S.B. No. 2790 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate or authorize funds for fiscal biennium 2021-2023 for collective bargaining cost items including salary and other cost adjustments for the members of collective bargaining unit (9) and their excluded counterparts.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance; University of Hawai‘i System; and Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL‑CIO.

Your Committee has reviewed and heard testimonies of the Department of Budget and Finance and the Hawaii Government Employees Association stating that an agreement between the Hawaii Government Employees Association and the employer for collective bargaining unit (9) was reached; the registered professional nurses in bargaining unit (9) ratified the four-year contract on January 15, 2022, effective July 1, 2021, to June 30, 2025; and the State received notification of ratification on January 18, 2022.

Your Committee therefore respectfully requests that your Committee on Ways and Means amend this measure by inserting the amount of appropriations and authorization of moneys to effectuate the agreement.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor, Culture and the Arts that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2790 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor, Culture and the Arts,

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair