STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1366-26

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2026

RE: S.B. No. 3055

S.D. 2

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 Labor, to which was referred S.B. No. 3055, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FALSE IMPERSONATION OF UNION REPRESENTATIVES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to prohibit the false impersonation of an employee organization representative and to establish a civil cause of action and penalties for violations.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the University of Hawaii Professional Assembly; United Public Workers, AFSCME Local 646, AFL-CIO; Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO; and Hawaii State AFL-CIO.

Your Committee finds that public employee organizations rely on clear, trusted communication with their members to convey information regarding representation rights, benefits, and collective bargaining matters. Your Committee further finds that deceptive communications by unauthorized individuals falsely claiming to represent employee organizations can mislead public employees, create confusion about their rights, disrupt labor relations, and undermine the integrity of the collective bargaining process. Your Committee believes that prohibiting the false impersonation of employee organization representatives and providing meaningful remedies will deter deceptive practices, protect public employees from misinformation, and help preserve confidence in lawful labor representation.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

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 S.B. No. 3055, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3055, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs.

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

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JACKSON D. SAYAMA, Chair