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For Hawaii residents only
The HEALTHY WORKPLACE BILL for HAWAII
2006 Resolution and Bills
2006 Resolution and Bills
"URGING HAWAII EMPLOYERS TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT STANDARDS OF CONDUCT
AND POLICIES FOR MANAGERS AND EMPLOYEES TO REDUCE WORKPLACE BULLYING AND
PROMOTE HEALTHFUL AND SAFE WORK ENVIRONMENTS."
Read the full text in .pdf format
The Senate Labor Committee (see Chair and member info below)
voted on April 3 to recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Senators Kanno, Ihara, Slom; and 1 Excused: Senator Taniguchi
The full Senate adopted the Resolution SCR 106 was adopted April 25, 2006.
Resolutions carry no legal obligation.
The 2 bills were not heard in Committees in 2006
HAWAII 2006 Legislative Activity -- Two Companion Bills, Similar but not identical
in the Senate, SB 3269 and in the House of Representatives, HB 2840
The 3rd U.S. State to introduce anti-bullying legislation since 2003
The Hawaii State Legislature Home Page
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Senate Bill -- SB 3269
Introduced Jan. 25, 2006 in the Senate "A Bill for An Act Relating to Occupational Safety and Health" TEXT of the BILL, SB 3269 Read it to understand it. See what the Bill's model, the Healthy Workplace Bill was designed to accomplish. TRACK the status of the Bill. Page tells to which committees the Bill has been referred and votes taken SB 3269 (Baker, Chun Oakland, Fukunaga, Ihara) is endorsed by HGEA, Hawaii Government Employees Association On Jan. 30, SB 3269 was referred to TWO Committees. Each committee Chair decides whether or not to give the Bill a hearing and whether or not to allow the committee to vote to move it to the Senate floor. The Senate Labor Committee (LBR)
The Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs Committee (JHW)
You will need to contact each Chair to ask him and her to hold a hearing for the Bill. By Phone, E-mail and letter, if possible. All Senators' office phones begin with 808-586- XXXX The Hawaii State Capitol Bldg address is 415 South Beretania Street, Honolulu, HI 96813 [Room numbers provided below] SB 3269 Bill Authors People to thank by phone and e-mail NOW Rosalyn H. Baker (D - District 5), Tel: -6070, Room 220, E-mail: senbaker@Capitol.hawaii.gov Suzanne Chun Oakland (D-13), Tel: -6130, Room 226, E-mail: senchunoakland@Capitol.hawaii.gov Carol Fukunaga (D-11), Tel: -6890, Room 216, E-mail: senfukunaga@Capitol.hawaii.gov Les Ihara (D-9), Tel: -6250 , Room 217, E-mail: senihara@Capitol.hawaii.gov [Also Member of Labor Committee] Relevant Committee Rosters -- members to contact to ask for a positive vote for SB 3269 The Senate Labor Committee (LBR)
The Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs Committee (JHW)
SB 481, Relating to Employment Practices (Baker Chun Oakland, Inouye, Fukunaga) was an earlier version of the Healthy Workplace Bill carried over from 2005 to the 2006 Regular Session. Companion bill, and identical to, HB 232. |
House Bill -- HB 2840
Introduced Jan. 25, 2006 in the House of Representatives "A Bill for An Act Relating to Occupational Safety and Health" TEXT of the BILL, HB 2840 Read it to understand it. See what the Bill's model, the Healthy Workplace Bill was designed to accomplish. TRACK the status of the Bill. Page tells to which committees the Bill has been referred and votes taken HB 2840 is endorsed by HGEA, Hawaii Government Employees Association On Jan. 30, HB 2840 was referred to TWO Committees. Each committee Chair decides whether or not to give the Bill a hearing and whether or not to allow the committee to vote to move it to the House floor. The House Labor and Public Employment Committee (LAB)
The Judiciary Committee (JUD)
You will need to contact each Chair to ask him and her to hold a hearing for the Bill. All Representatives' office phones begin with 808-586- XXXX The Hawaii State Capitol Bldg address is 415 South Beretania Street, Honolulu, HI 96813 [Room numbers provided below] HB 2840 Bill Authors People to thank by phone and e-mail NOW Author Michael Y. Magaoay (D-District 46), Tel: -6380, Room 418, E-mail: repmagaoay@Capitol.hawaii.gov , personal web page Co-Authors Dennis A. Arakaki (D-30), -6050, Rm. 436, E-mail: reparakaki@Capitol.hawaii.gov ,personal web page Kirk Caldwell (D-24), R -8475, Rm. 406, E-mail: repcaldwell@Capitol.hawaii.gov , personal web page [Chair of the House Labor and Public Employment Committee and Member of House Judiciary Committee] Jerry L. Chang (D-2), - 6120, Rm. 435, E-mail: repchang@Capitol.hawaii.gov , personal web page Robert N. Herkes (D-5), -8400, Rm. 320, E-mail: repherekes@Capitol.hawaii.gov , personal web page Ken Ito (D-48), -8470, Rm. 420, E-mail: repito@Capitol.hawaii.gov , personal web page [Also Member of House Labor committee] Jon Riki Karamatsu (D-41), -8490, Rm. 427, E-mail: repkaramatsu@Capitol.hawaii.gov , personal web page [Also Member of House Judiciary committee] Bertha C. Kawakami (D-16), - 6280, Rm. 434, E-mail: repkawakami@Capitol.hawaii.gov , personal web page Marilyn B. Lee (D-38), -9460, Rm. 421, E-mail: replee@Capitol.hawaii.gov , personal web page Joseph M. Souki (D-8), - 9444, Rm. 433, E-mail: repsouki@Capitol.hawaii.gov , personal web page [Also Member of both Labor and Judiciary committees] Clift Tsuji (D-3), -8480, Rm. 326, E-mail: reptsuji@Capitol.hawaii.gov , personal web page Tommy Waters (D-51), -9450, Rm. 426, E-mail: repwaters@Capitol.hawaii.gov , personal web page Ryan I. Yamane (D-37), -6150, Rm. 419, E-mail: repyamane@Capitol.hawaii.gov , personal web page Kyle T. Yamashita (D-12), -6330, Rm. 442, E-mail: repyamashita@Capitol.hawaii.gov , personal web page HB 232, Relating to Employment Practices (Morita, Arakaki, Evans, Hale, Lee, Pine, Shimabukuro, Berg, Caldwell, Green) was an earlier version of the Healthy Workplace Bill carried over from 2005 to the 2006 Regular Session. Companion bill, and identical to, SB 481. |
2007 Legislative Activity
2005 Legislative Activity