SB 2232

RELATING TO KIKALA-KEOKEA.

Provides that funds appropriated for the improvement of the Kikala-Keokea subdivision on the island of Hawaii that are unencumbered at the end of the 2001-2002 fiscal year shall not lapse.

SB 2478

RELATING TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS.

Allows trustees of OHA to participate in and receive the same retirement benefits as other state elected officials.

SB 941

SD1

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.

Amends the definition of "medical care", or "medical services", or "medical supplies" in the workers' compensation law to include services provided by occupational therapists and certified occupational therapy assistants. (SD1)

SB 2078

SD1

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

Requires the Employees' Retirement System to pay interest on pensions that are not processed and issued within ninety days of a member's retirement. (SD1)

SB 2111

RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.

Allows parties to agree that non-cost items are valid and enforceable. Sets forth when terms of the collective bargaining agreement take precedence.

SB 2112

SD1

(SSCR2394)

RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.

Amends resolution of disputes and impasse provisions. (SD1)

SB 2114

SD1

RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.

Allows collective bargaining process to negotiate family leave benefits in excess of four weeks for collective bargaining employees. (SD1)

SB 2120

SD1

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.

Deems time spent receiving treatment for an work-related injury as a period of temporary partial disability. (SD1)

SB 2127

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

Amends the employees' retirement system law to provide for special compensation to pensioners aged 70 years or older with 20 or more years of service.

SB 2467

SD1

RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IN PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT.

Reinstates binding arbitration for bargaining unit 9 (registered professional nurses). (SD1)

SB 2571

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS.

Enables retired members of the Employees' Retirement System who return to active service to participate in the State's Deferred Compensation Plan.

SB 2715

SD1

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

Amends various statutory provisions to simplify and facilitate the administration and processing of pension benefits. (SD1)

SB 2718

SD1

(SSCR2293)

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

Employees' Retirement System; Contributions

SB 2757

SD1

RELATING TO AMENDMENTS TO ACT 253, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 2000.

Allows the Director to certify that new or amended administrative rules, policies, standards, guidelines, ordinances, executive orders, directives, or provisions in a collective bargaining agreement are in place, and that the effective dates of the repeal of existing statutes and administrative rules or the effective dates of new statutes and administrative rules shall be the date of certification for a specific jurisdiction. (SD1)

SB 2758

SD1

RELATING TO STATUTORY REFERENCES AFFECTED BY ACT 253, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 2000.

Effectuates correct statutory reference or language changes before Act 253, Session Laws of Hawaii 2000 takes effect on July 1, 2002. (SD1)

SB 2759

SD1

RELATING TO THE APPROPRIATION FOR STATE EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PROGRAMS.

Provides continued funding for the State's workers' compensation program for fiscal year 2001-2002. (SD1)

SB 2786

SD1

RELATING TO THE HOISTING MACHINE OPERATORS ADVISORY BOARD.

Places the Hoisting Machine Operators Advisory Board within the DLIR. Authorizes the hiring of a half-time executive director for the Hoisting Machine Operators Advisory Board who shall be exempt from civil service. (SD1)

SB 2789

RELATING TO TEMPORARY HEALTH INSURANCE FOR UNEMPLOYED PERSONS.

Clarifies Act 6, Third Special Session Laws of Hawaii 2001, regarding reimbursement of payments. Specifically provides that the expenditure of money appropriated shall be for the period beginning after September 11, 2001 and ending on June 30, 2002 or when the money runs out, whichever is sooner.

SB 2900

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE EMERGENCY ENVIRONMENTAL WORKFORCE.

Appropriates money to continue the emergency environmental workforce program.

SB 2967

RELATING TO LABOR.

Requires employers to provide employees with at least a 15-minute break for 8 hours of work.

SB 3008

RELATING TO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT.

Extends timeframe for the Department of Education to comply with the categorization and inclusion of its employees into civil service under the requirements of section 14 of Act 253, SLH 2000.

SB 3010

SD1

RELATING TO PENSION AND RETIREMENT SYSTEMS.

Provides that if a firefighter who suffers from a service-connected disability continues public service in any position other than a firefighter, the member's retirement allowance shall be two and one-half per cent of the member's average final compensation for each year of credited service as a firefighter. (SD1)

SB 3025

RELATING TO UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE.

Enables certain successor companies that acquire a business to also acquire its predecessor's unemployment insurance contribution assessment rate.

SB 3078

SD1

RELATING TO LEAVES OF ABSENCE.

Provides that a written designation of beneficiary for earned and unpaid wages is void if the beneficiary predeceases the employee, if employee and beneficiary divorce, if unmarried employee subsequently marries, or if employee enters into or terminates a reciprocal beneficiary relationship. (SD1)

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Senator Brian Taniguchi