STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2106-26

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2026

RE: S.B. No. 2567

S.D. 2

H.D. 2

Honorable Nadine K. Nakamura

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2026

State of Hawaii

Madame:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2567, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PETITIONS TO TEMPORARILY RESTRAIN AND ENJOIN HARASSMENT OF AN EMPLOYEE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Establish a two-year pilot project to authorize public employers to petition for temporary restraining orders and injunctions against employment-related harassment of certain public employees; and

(2) Require and appropriate funds for the Department of the Attorney General to establish a system by which public employers may retain private attorneys for representation.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Judiciary; Department of Education; Department of Human Services; Office of Wellness and Resilience; Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO; Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association; University of Hawaii Professional Assembly; and three individuals.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2567, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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CHRIS TODD, Chair