HB 477: HAWAII EMPLOYMENT SECURITY LAW; UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS; UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS; REGISTRATION FOR WORK; ELECTRONIC NOTIFICATION

Session Year: 2025-2026
House: House
Latest Version Date: 2025-04-04

Current Status:

In Progress

(2025-06-25: Act 214, on 06/25/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1316).)

Introduced

In Committee

First Chamber

In Committee

Second Chamber

Final Decking

Enacted

Version:

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)

Discussed in Hearing

House Floor

Apr 21, 2025

House Floor

Senate Standing Committee on Labor and Technology

Mar 12, 2025

Senate Standing Committee on Labor and Technology

House Standing Committee on Finance

Feb 21, 2025

House Standing Committee on Finance

House Standing Committee on Labor

Feb 11, 2025

House Standing Committee on Labor

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