Hawaii House Bill 1657: Relating To Public Employment.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session

What it does

Authorizes state departments, divisions, and agencies to elect to assume hiring and recruitment functions from the Department of Human Resources Development for vacant civil service positions within that department, division, or agency under certain conditions. Requires the Department of Human Resources Development to adopt rules. Repeals existing law authorizing state departments, divisions, and agencies to conduct minimum qualification review of applicants for their vacant civil service positions.

Latest action

Referred to LAB, FIN, referral sheet 1 (2026-01-26)

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