# Hawaii SB 1454: RELATING TO THE WAGE AND HOUR LAW.

Hawaii SB 1454, RELATING TO THE WAGE AND HOUR LAW., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 1) Senate bill sponsored by Ronald D. Kouchi (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-05-29 (Act 115, 05/29/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1215).); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-27).

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## Facts
- Bill: Hawaii SB 1454
- State: Hawaii
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 1)
- Title: RELATING TO THE WAGE AND HOUR LAW.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-21
- Last action: 2025-05-29, Act 115, 05/29/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1215).
- Sponsor: Ronald D. Kouchi (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: DLIR, Order of Wage Payment Violation, Wage and Hour Law, Enforcement, Penalties, LAB, JHA
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 10 (202 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 3

## Summary

Requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to issue an order of wage payment violation to employers found to be in violation of the State's Wage and Hour Law. Establishes penalties, enforcement, and appeal procedures. Amends the definition of "wage" to clarify that it means compensation for labor or services rendered by an employee, regardless of how it is calculated. (CD1)

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Penalty money supports labor enforcement: benefit, low. Hawaii puts collected penalties from several labor laws into a labor law enforcement fund. The fund also receives money lawmakers provide and income earned on the fund. It supports labor-law enforcement, but the law gives no total amount because collections can vary.
- What counts as workers' wages: mixed, low. Hawaii's wage law counts pay for time, tasks, pieces, commissions, or other work as wages. It also counts the reasonable cost of board, lodging, or other facilities an employer customarily provides. Tips and gratuities are excluded from “wage” for a specific rule in the law.
- Workers gain a faster wage order process: mixed, low. When the labor department finds an uncorrected wage-law violation, it must order the employer to pay assessed amounts. The order becomes final unless the employer appeals in writing within 20 days after it is sent. A hearing must happen within 30 days after an appeal, and a decision must follow wit…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

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

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-30 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 49 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-24 | House | The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments.... | pass | 3 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-24 | Senate | The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.... | pass | 3 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-08 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 49 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-02 | House | The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 10 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-18 | House | Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA... | pass | 49 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-13 | House | The committee on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 6 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-04 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 25 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-26 | Senate | The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT... | pass | 4 | 0 |   |
| 2025-01-31 | Senate | The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The... | pass | 4 | 0 |   |

## Actions (47)

- 2025-05-29: Act 115, 05/29/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1215). (Senate)
- 2025-05-29: Act 115, on 05/29/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1215). (House)
- 2025-05-02: Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 821). (Senate)
- 2025-05-02: Enrolled to Governor. (Senate)
- 2025-05-01: Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 888). (House)
- 2025-04-30: Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none. (Senate)
- 2025-04-30: Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick excused (2). (House)
- 2025-04-24: The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Aquino, Rhoads, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. (Senate)
- 2025-04-24: The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Sayama, Perruso, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. (House)
- 2025-04-24: Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 70). (Senate)
- 2025-04-24: 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-25. (Senate)
- 2025-04-24: Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 70) as amended in (CD 1). (House)
- 2025-04-24: Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-30-25. (House)
- 2025-04-23: Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-25 10:15AM; Conference Room 016. (Senate)
- 2025-04-22: Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-23-25 10:15AM; Conference Room 016. (Senate)
- 2025-04-21: Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 754). (Senate)
- 2025-04-21: Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-22-25 10:15AM; Conference Room 016. (Senate)
- 2025-04-17: House Conferees Appointed: Sayama, Perruso Co-Chairs; Reyes Oda. (House)
- 2025-04-15: Senate Conferees Appointed: Aquino Chair; Rhoads Co-Chair; Fevella. (Senate)
- 2025-04-15: Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 789). (House)
- 2025-04-10: Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 692). (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 none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Marten excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. (House)
- 2025-04-04: Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2025) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading. (House)
- 2025-04-04: Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-08-25. (House)
- 2025-04-02: The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran. (House)
- 2025-03-28: Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 04-02-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2025-03-18: Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1326) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA. (House)
- 2025-03-18: Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). (House)
- 2025-03-13: The committee on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Sayama, Lee, M., Garrett, Kapela, Kong, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. (House)
- 2025-03-10: Bill scheduled to be heard by LAB on Thursday, 03-13-25 9:00AM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2025-03-06: Pass First Reading (House)
- 2025-03-06: Referred to LAB, JHA, referral sheet 19 (House)
- 2025-03-04: Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. (Senate)
- 2025-03-04: Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 344) in amended form (SD 1). (House)
- 2025-02-28: Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 909) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). (Senate)
- 2025-02-28: 48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25. (Senate)
- 2025-02-26: The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. (Senate)
- 2025-02-21: The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-26-25 9:40AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2025-02-10: Reported from LBT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 198) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to JDC. (Senate)
- 2025-02-10: Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDC. (Senate)
- 2025-01-31: The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in LBT were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Aquino, Lee, C., Ihara, Moriwaki; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. (Senate)
- 2025-01-28: The committee(s) on LBT has scheduled a public hearing on 01-31-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2025-01-27: Referred to LBT, JDC. (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/SB1454_CD1_.pdf)
- Original: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1454_.HTM), [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/GM1215_.PDF)
- SB1454_CD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1454_CD1_.HTM)
- SB1454_HD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1454_HD1_.HTM)
- SB1454_HD2: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1454_HD2_.HTM)
- SB1454_SD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1454_SD1_.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/SB1454_CD1_.pdf)
- [Original (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1454_.HTM)
- [Original (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/GM1215_.PDF)
- [SB1454_CD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1454_CD1_.HTM)
- [SB1454_HD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1454_HD1_.HTM)
- [SB1454_HD2 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1454_HD2_.HTM)
- [SB1454_SD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1454_SD1_.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-SB1454-2025 (as of 2026-10-27).