STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 534
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2025
RE: H.B. No. 90
H.D. 1
Honorable Nadine K. Nakamura
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2025
State of Hawaii
Madame:
Your Committee on Labor, to which was referred H.B. No. 90 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The
purpose of this measure is to:
(1) Amend payroll requirements for public officers and employees by requiring them to be paid pursuant to a predicted payroll schedule, rather than an after-the-fact payroll schedule; and
(2) Appropriate funds to the Department of Accounting and General Services to establish positions to process and perform tasks related to payroll processing and for costs to convert employees to predicted payroll schedules.
Your Committee finds that changing payroll requirements for
public officers and employees from after-the-fact to a predicted payroll
schedule holds the State and counties accountable to pay their employees in a
timely manner. Your Committee also finds
it is a priority for the State to be a responsible employer and maintain the integrity
of the payment process for its employees.
Your Committee believes that this measure improves payroll schedules to
ensure public officers and employees are paid in a timely manner.
Your
Committee has amended this measure accordingly by:
(1) Extending the implementation dates by one year, to provide adequate time for the Department of Accounting and General Services to implement the conversion to predicted payroll schedules;
(2) Clarifying that the appropriations for the costs of converting employees to predicted payroll schedules are for fiscal years 2025-2026 and 2026-2027;
(3) Changing the effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion; and
(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
Your
Committee respectfully requests your Committee on Finance, should it deliberate
on this measure, to consider an appropriation amount of $172,000,000 for fiscal
years 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 for the Department of Accounting and General
Services to implement this change.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 90, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 90, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor,
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____________________________ JACKSON D. SAYAMA, Chair |
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