Bill Text: HI HB2658 | 2024 | Regular Session | Amended

Hawaii House Bill 2658

Bill Title: Relating To The Department Of Human Resources Development.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-03-22 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. [HB2658 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2024-HB2658-Amended.html

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2658
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII		S.D. 1

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 26-5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

"(a) The department of human resources development shall be headed by a single executive to be known as the director of human resources development. The director shall:

(1) Facilitate and expedite the hiring and recruitment for civil service positions under the jurisdiction of the department of human resources development; and

(2) Have the authority to reclassify and abolish vacant positions within state departments and agencies that are under the jurisdiction of the department of human resources development[~~, subject to the following conditions:~~

~~(A)~~ Prior to reclassifying or abolishing any vacant position as provided under this paragraph, the director shall submit a report to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to each regular session. The report shall include a list of vacant positions for reclassification or abolishment, identify the agency each position is attached to, provide reasons for reclassifying or abolishing the position, and state the duration that the position has been vacant; and

~~(B)~~ The director may reclassify or abolish any vacant position as provided under this paragraph no earlier than sixty days after the report has been submitted to the legislature as provided under subparagraph (A)]."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.

Report Title:

DHRD; Vacant Positions; Legislative Reporting Requirement

Description:

Repeals the requirement that the Director of Human Resources Development must submit a report to the Legislature before reclassifying and abolishing vacant positions within state departments and agencies that are under the jurisdiction of the Department of Human Resources Development. Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)

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