# Hawaii SB 1361: RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM'S EMPLOYER REPORTING REVIEW.

Hawaii SB 1361, RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM'S EMPLOYER REPORTING REVIEW., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 1) Senate bill sponsored by Ronald D. Kouchi (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-05-15 (Act 055, 05/15/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1155).) (as of 2026-10-27).

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## Facts
- Bill: Hawaii SB 1361
- State: Hawaii
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 1)
- Title: RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM'S EMPLOYER REPORTING REVIEW.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-21
- Last action: 2025-05-15, Act 055, 05/15/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1155).
- Sponsor: Ronald D. Kouchi (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Employees' Retirement System, Employer Reporting, LAB, FIN
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 8 (177 yes, 1 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

Adds a year between the review period and the billing due date and changes reporting of review results from the current fiscal year to the previous fiscal year. (HD2)

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- State agencies pay for reporting failures: cost, low. When a state or county department fails to send required retirement information in the required format, the state or county must pay ERS the employer contributions due for that department during the failure year. Payment is due on the first day of the fiscal year that begins one year after the fail…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Ronald D. Kouchi (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-16 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 23 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-08 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 48 | 1 |   |
| 2025-03-28 | House | The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 14 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-13 | House | Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN... | pass | 47 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-11 | House | The committee on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 5 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-28 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 23 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-18 | Senate | The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The... | pass | 12 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-03 | Senate | The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The... | pass | 5 | 0 |   |

## Actions (36)

- 2025-05-15: Act 055, 05/15/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1155). (Senate)
- 2025-05-15: Act 055, on 05/15/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1155). (House)
- 2025-04-16: Passed Final Reading. Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 2 (Senator(s) Fevella, Ihara). (Senate)
- 2025-04-16: Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 806). (House)
- 2025-04-16: Enrolled to Governor. (Senate)
- 2025-04-15: Reconsideration of action taken on 04-10-25 in disagreeing to the House amendments. (Senate)
- 2025-04-15: Senate agrees with House amendments. Placed on the calendar for Final Reading on 04-16-25. (Senate)
- 2025-04-15: One Day Notice 04-16-25 (Senate)
- 2025-04-15: Received notice of reconsideration and Senate agreement (Sen. Com. No. 786). (House)
- 2025-04-10: Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 684). (Senate)
- 2025-04-10: Senate disagrees with House amendments. (Senate)
- 2025-04-10: Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 779). (House)
- 2025-04-08: Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Iwamoto voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Amato voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Marten excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. (House)
- 2025-04-04: Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1994) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading. (House)
- 2025-04-04: Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-08-25. (House)
- 2025-03-28: The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Hussey, Ward. (House)
- 2025-03-25: Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 03-28-25 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2025-03-13: Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1184) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN. (House)
- 2025-03-13: 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, Holt, Ward, Woodson excused (4). (House)
- 2025-03-11: The committee on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Sayama, Lee, M., Garrett, Kapela, Kong; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Reyes Oda. (House)
- 2025-03-06: Bill scheduled to be heard by LAB on Tuesday, 03-11-25 9:30AM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2025-03-04: Pass First Reading (House)
- 2025-03-04: Referred to LAB, FIN, referral sheet 18 (House)
- 2025-02-28: Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 2 (Senator(s) Fukunaga, Kidani). Transmitted to House. (Senate)
- 2025-02-28: Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 55). (House)
- 2025-02-27: Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 785) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading. (Senate)
- 2025-02-27: One Day Notice 02-28-25. (Senate)
- 2025-02-18: The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 12 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) DeCoite. (Senate)
- 2025-02-14: The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-18-25 10:01AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2025-02-10: Reported from LBT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 199) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM. (Senate)
- 2025-02-10: Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. (Senate)
- 2025-02-03: The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in LBT were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Aquino, Lee, C., Ihara, Moriwaki, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. (Senate)
- 2025-01-31: The committee(s) on LBT has scheduled a public hearing on 02-03-25 3:30PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2025-01-27: Referred to LBT, WAM. (Senate)
- 2025-01-23: Introduced and passed First Reading. (Senate)
- 2025-01-21: Pending Introduction. (Senate)

## Bill text

- Bill Text: [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1361_HD2_.pdf)
- Original: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1361_.HTM), [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/GM1155_.PDF)
- SB1361_HD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1361_HD1_.HTM)
- SB1361_HD2: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1361_HD2_.HTM)

## Related bills

- HB 431: RELATING TO HOUSING. (signed)
- HB 420: RELATING TO REMEDIES. (signed)
- SB 1296: RELATING TO DISASTER RECOVERY. (signed)
- HB 830: RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEWS. (signed)
- HB 1064: RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION. (signed)
- HB 943: RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. (signed)

## Sources
- [Bill Text (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1361_HD2_.pdf)
- [Original (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1361_.HTM)
- [Original (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/GM1155_.PDF)
- [SB1361_HD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1361_HD1_.HTM)
- [SB1361_HD2 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1361_HD2_.HTM)

## Related
- [HB 431: RELATING TO HOUSING.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB431-2025)
- [HB 420: RELATING TO REMEDIES.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB420-2025)
- [SB 1296: RELATING TO DISASTER RECOVERY.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB1296-2025)
- [HB 830: RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEWS.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB830-2025)
- [HB 1064: RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB1064-2025)
- [HB 943: RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB943-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB1361-2025 (as of 2026-10-27).