STAND. COM. REP. NO. 793-26

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2026

RE: H.B. No. 1658

H.D. 1

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 H.B. No. 1658, H.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 temporarily establish a new impasse process when an employer fails to initiate negotiations or when parties fail to reach agreement within certain timeframes on the repricing of classes within a bargaining unit and repeal the existing impasse process.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association; United Public Workers, AFSCME Local 646, AFL-CIO; and Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Department of Human Resources Development; Department of Human Resources of the County of Hawaiʻi; and Department of Human Resources of the City and County of Honolulu.

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 H.B. No. 1658, H.D. 1, 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