HB 2165: DLIR; HAWAII EMPLOYMENT SECURITY LAW; UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS; RECOVERY OF BENEFITS; ASSESSMENTS; RECORDS AND REPORTS
- Session Year: 2025-2026
- House: House
- Latest Version Date: 2026-03-06
Current Status:
In Progress
(2026-03-10: Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Belatti, Cochran, Grandinetti, Kapela, Perruso, Reyes Oda, Shimizu, Souza voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Amato, Garcia, Gedeon, Hussey, Iwamoto, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Pierick, Poepoe voting no (10) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.)
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Amends the qualifications for unemployed individuals who are able to receive unemployment benefits. Beginning 4/1/2027, limits the amount of overpayments to which an individual is liable and removes the two-year limitation on the recoupment of overpayments. Beginning 4/1/2027, requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to assess and collect a service charge for dishonored unemployment insurance assessments. Beginning 4/1/2027, specifies that employers must report separation and wage information within five calendar days of notice being sent, whether by mail or electronic notification. Beginning 4/1/2027, increases the penalty for failure to report separations or wages and for failure to file or for filing insufficient wage reports. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
Discussed in Hearing
4MINHouse Standing Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce
14MINHouse Standing Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce
1MINHouse Standing Committee on Labor
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