The People's Ledger
← All Hawaii bills

SCR139Introduced in the Senate

Requesting The Workforce Development Council To Recommend To The Governor, For Inclusion In The State Unified Plan, A Comprehensive Statewide Workforce Strategy To Ensure That All People Of The State Have A Pathway To A Career That Enables Them To Learn, Work, And Thrive In The State And Contribute To A Vibrant Local Economy Grounded In Community Values By 2045.

Passed

Introduced by Brandon Elefante, District 16

What does this bill do?

Plain-English breakdown

Writing a plain-English summary of this bill… this can take a few seconds the first time.

Official description

Requesting The Workforce Development Council To Recommend To The Governor, For Inclusion In The State Unified Plan, A Comprehensive Statewide Workforce Strategy To Ensure That All People Of The State Have A Pathway To A Career That Enables Them To Learn, Work, And Thrive In The State And Contribute To A Vibrant Local Economy Grounded In Community Values By 2045.

Where it stands

Certified copies of resolutions sent, 05-12-26.

May 12, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

SenateStage: Senate Labor and Technology: Passed, Unamended · March 27, 2026

3

Yes

0

No

2

Absent or Not Voting

5 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
Les Ihara10Absent
Sharon Moriwaki12Yes
Brandon Elefante16Yes
Rachele Fernandez Lamosao19Yes
Kurt Fevella20Absent

Bill history

  1. Offered.

  2. Referred to LBT.

  3. The committee(s) on LBT has scheduled a public hearing on 03-27-26 3:01PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

  4. The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in LBT were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Elefante, Lamosao, Moriwaki; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Ihara, Fevella.

  5. Reported from LBT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3437) with recommendation of adoption.

  6. One Day Notice 04-08-26.

  7. Report and Resolution Adopted. Transmitted to House.

  8. Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 435).

  9. Referred to LAB, FIN, referral sheet 27

  10. Resolution scheduled to be heard by LAB on Thursday, 04-16-26 9:00AM in conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  11. The committee on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Sayama, Lee, M., Garrett, Kapela, Kong, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

  12. Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2197-26), recommending referral to FIN.

  13. Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Alcos, Cochran, Woodson excused (3).

  14. Re-referred to LAB, referral sheet 34

  15. Reconsideration of action taken on 04-20-26.

  16. Adopted with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Todd excused (1).

  17. Transmitted to Senate.

  18. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 857).

  19. Resolution adopted in final form.

  20. Certified copies of resolutions sent, 05-12-26.

Verify the information

Our commitment to neutrality

We provide factual information only. We never tell you which politicians or bills to support, and we do not rank, score, or endorse anyone.