Hawaii House Bill 477
Session 2025
Relating To The Hawaii Employment Security Law.
Became Law
Became Law on Jun 25, 2025
First Action
Jan 17, 2025
Latest Action
Jun 25, 2025
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill Number
477
State
Hawaii
Session
2025
Motion Text
Reconsider: The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.
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Summary
Amends the definition of "registered for work" or "registration for work" under the Hawaii Employment Security Law. Repeals the requirement to post work availability online. Amends the qualifications for unemployed individuals who are able to receive certain unemployment benefits. Beginning 4/1/2027, permits electronic notification of determinations or redeterminations of unemployment claims. Repeals language that limited an individual's ability to change a previously elected withholding status to once during a benefit year. (SD2)
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06/25/2025
Senate
Act 214, 06/25/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1316).
06/25/2025
House
Act 214, on 06/25/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1316).
04/22/2025
Senate
Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 794).
04/21/2025
Senate
Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 760).
04/21/2025
House
House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
04/21/2025
House
Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Pierick, Reyes Oda, Shimizu voting no (7) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1).
04/21/2025
House
Transmitted to Governor.
04/17/2025
House
Reconsideration of action taken on 04-10-25.
04/15/2025
Senate
Senate Conferees Appointed: Aquino Chair; Elefante, Chang Co-Chairs; Fevella.
04/15/2025
House
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 790).
04/11/2025
Senate
Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 704).
04/10/2025
House
House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
04/08/2025
Senate
Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
04/08/2025
House
Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 645) in amended form (SD 2).
04/04/2025
Senate
Reported from WAM/JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1813) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
04/04/2025
Senate
48 Hrs. Notice 04-08-25.
04/01/2025
Senate
The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
04/01/2025
Senate
The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 11 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) DeCoite, Lee, C..
03/27/2025
Senate
The committee(s) on WAM/JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-01-25 10:00AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
03/19/2025
Senate
Reported from LBT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1158) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM/JDC.
03/19/2025
Senate
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM/JDC.
03/12/2025
Senate
The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in LBT were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Aquino, Lee, C., Ihara, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Moriwaki.
03/07/2025
Senate
The committee(s) on LBT has scheduled a public hearing on 03-12-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
03/04/2025
Senate
Referred to LBT, WAM/JDC.
02/28/2025
Senate
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 19).
02/28/2025
Senate
Passed First Reading.
02/27/2025
House
Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 831), recommending passage on Third Reading.
02/27/2025
House
Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4). Transmitted to Senate.
02/21/2025
House
The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 12 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Miyake, Templo, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Lee, M., Morikawa, Alcos, Ward.
02/19/2025
House
Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 02-21-25 10:00AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
02/13/2025
House
Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 539) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
02/13/2025
House
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3).
02/11/2025
House
The committee on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Sayama, Lee, M., Garrett, Kapela, Kong, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
02/07/2025
House
Bill scheduled to be heard by LAB on Tuesday, 02-11-25 9:00AM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
01/21/2025
House
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
01/21/2025
House
Referred to LAB, FIN, referral sheet 2
01/17/2025
House
Pending introduction.
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Record Created
Jan 21, 2025 12:22:26 AM
Record Updated
Dec 18, 2025 9:58:01 AM