Bills

HB 2153: DLE; KŪPAʻA LAW ENFORCEMENT RETENTION BONUS PROGRAM; RETENTION BONUSES; LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS; APPROPRIATION

  • Session Year: 2025-2026
  • House: House
  • Latest Version Date: 2026-02-19

Current Status:

In Progress

(2026-03-06: Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Iwamoto voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Perruso, Quinlan, Sayama excused (3). Transmitted to Senate.)

Introduced

First Committee Review

First Chamber

Second Committee Review

Second Chamber

Final Decking

Enacted

Version:

Establishes, and appropriates funds for, the Kūpaʻa Law Enforcement Retention Bonus Program within the Department of Law Enforcement to provide retention bonuses to Department law enforcement officers for three years.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD1)

Discussed in Hearing

House Standing Committee on Finance12MIN
Mar 4, 2026

House Standing Committee on Finance

House Standing Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs10MIN
Feb 18, 2026

House Standing Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

House Standing Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs1MIN
Feb 18, 2026

House Standing Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

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