2008 Legislature Public Employee Related Bills and Resolutions

2008 Legislature Public Employee Related Bills and Resolutions

HI H 69	AUTHOR:	Cabanilla (D)
	TITLE:	Sunset Date
	INTRODUCED:	01/18/2007
	DISPOSITION:	Pending - Carryover
	LOCATION:	House Labor and Public Employment Committee
	SUMMARY:
	Repeals the sunset date; authorizes the Governor and the Executives of other jurisdictions to use a managed competition process as a management tool to provide government services more efficiently, if they so choose; relates to government.
	STATUS:
	01/22/2007	To HOUSE Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT.
	AssignedTo:	Nora 01/19/2007
	Position:	Oppose
	Priority:	1
	Subject:	CollBarg

HI H 1082	AUTHOR:	Say (D)
	TITLE:	Boards of Water Supply
	INTRODUCED:	01/22/2007
	DISPOSITION:	Pending - Carryover
	LOCATION:	Senate Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee
	SUMMARY:
	Repeals the provision encouraging experimental modernization projects by county boards of water supply; relates to boards of water supply.
	STATUS:
	03/08/2007	To SENATE Committee on INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND MILITARY AFFAIRS.
	AssignedTo:	Nora 01/30/2007
	Position:	Oppose
	Subject:	CollBarg

HI H 1396	AUTHOR:	Say (D)
	TITLE:	Interest Arbitration
	INTRODUCED:	01/22/2007
	DISPOSITION:	Pending - Carryover
	LOCATION:	House Labor and Public Employment Committee
	SUMMARY:
	(Governor's Package Bill) Modifies the factors that the arbitration panel must consider in interest arbitration decisions to include the impact of pay increase to other bargaining units in determining the amount of pay increase, compliance with constitutional and statutory appropriation and budgeting provisions, and the comparison of wages, hours, and conditions of employment to that of other persons performing similar services in Hawaii.
	STATUS:
	01/24/2007	To HOUSE Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT.
	AssignedTo:	Nora 01/29/2007
	Position:	Oppose
	Subject:	CollBarg

HI H 1745	AUTHOR:	Takumi (D)
	TITLE:	Employment
	INTRODUCED:	01/24/2007
	DISPOSITION:	Pending - Carryover
	LOCATION:	House Finance Committee
	SUMMARY:
	Establishes job security requirements to protect employees when the business for which the employees work is sold or transferred to another employing entity; Adds definition of "divestiture"; Creates worker retention trust fund to receive moneys from penalties and to be used to compensate dislocated workers; relates to employment.
	STATUS:
	02/16/2007	In HOUSE. Read second time. Committee amendment adopted. House Draft 2.
	02/16/2007	To HOUSE Committee on FINANCE.
	AssignedTo:	Nora 02/13/2008
	Position:	Support
	Subject:	Labor

HI H 1769	AUTHOR:	Luke (D)
	TITLE:	Teachers
	INTRODUCED:	01/24/2007
	DISPOSITION:	Pending - Carryover
	LOCATION:	House Education Committee
	SUMMARY:
	Provides teachers receiving satisfactory service performance evaluations with annual step increases for five years; Denies DOE teachers with marginal service performance evaluations from receiving annual step increases; Excludes teachers at the top salary levels from receiving annual step increases; relates to teachers.
	STATUS:
	01/26/2007	To HOUSE Committee on EDUCATION.
	01/26/2007	Additionally referred to HOUSE Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT.
	AssignedTo:	Nora 01/26/2007
	Subject:	EmployeeComp.

HI H 1979	AUTHOR:	Rhoads (D)
	TITLE:	State Salaries
	INTRODUCED:	01/16/2008
	DISPOSITION:	Pending
	LOCATION:	House Finance Committee
	SUMMARY:
	Establishes a 3 year statute of limitation for recovering the overpayment of state salaries; relates to state salaries.
	STATUS:
	02/04/2008	In HOUSE. Read second time. Committee amendment adopted. House Draft 1.
	02/04/2008	To HOUSE Committee on FINANCE.
	AssignedTo:	Nora 02/12/2008
	Position:	Support
	Subject:	EmployeeComp.

HI H 1982	AUTHOR:	Rhoads (D)
	TITLE:	Appropriation
	INTRODUCED:	01/16/2008
	DISPOSITION:	Pending
	LOCATION:	House Legislative Management Committee
	SUMMARY:
	Appropriates funds for the ombudsman to develop and implement a pilot program using informed customers to investigate customer service at state agencies.
	STATUS:
	02/06/2008	In HOUSE. Read second time. Committee amendment adopted. House Draft 1.
	02/06/2008	To HOUSE Committee on LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT.
	Commentary:
	Support intent, but expressed concern over how program might be applied.
	AssignedTo:	Nora 02/12/2008
	Subject:	GovtOperations

HI H 2205	AUTHOR:	Say (D)
	TITLE:	Hawaii County Package
	INTRODUCED:	01/16/2008
	DISPOSITION:	Pending
	LOCATION:	House Labor and Public Employment Committee
	SUMMARY:
	Allows the state and county governments to hire retired state or county public employees that are currently receiving public sector pension or retirement benefits; relates to hawaii county package.
	STATUS:
	01/17/2008	To HOUSE Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT.
	AssignedTo:	Nora 02/12/2008
	Position:	Neutral
	Priority:	Watch
	Subject:	EmployeeBenefits

HI H 2272	AUTHOR:	Souki (D)
	TITLE:	Civil Service Law
	INTRODUCED:	01/16/2008
	DISPOSITION:	Pending
	LOCATION:	House Labor and Public Employment Committee
	SUMMARY:
	Exempts positions and personal services contracts with a qualified community rehabilitation program, which last for no more than one year, from county civil service law regardless of the cost; relates to civil service law.
	STATUS:
	01/18/2008	To HOUSE Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT.
	AssignedTo:	Nora 01/24/2008
	Position:	Oppose
	Subject:	Privatization

HI H 2394	AUTHOR:	Waters (D)
	TITLE:	Additional County Surcharge on State Tax
	INTRODUCED:	01/17/20