Hawaii

2024 LEGISLATION

  • Senate Bill 2776
    • Status: Introduced on January 19 2024 – 25% progression, died in committee
    • Action: 2024-01-24 – Referred to PSM, WAM.
    • Pending: Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee (Ended in Committee)
    • Summary: Requires the State to pay, without delay, military personnel called to active duty at the same rate as their active duty counterparts and provide basic housing allowance.

“§122A-8  Pay and allowances.  (a)  When in the active service of the State, members of the Hawaii state defense force shall receive from the State the same basic pay and allowance for subsistence as prescribed by federal law and regulations for members of the army national guard, of like grade and length of service, when in the active service of the United States.  [Subject to rules adopted by the governor, members may be subsisted in kind in lieu of a monetary allowance therefor.] When ordered to active duty, members of the Hawaii state defense force shall be paid without delay from the date of deployment.

     (b)  Subject to rules adopted by the governor, members of the Hawaii state defense force when in the active service of the State [may be quartered at the expense of the State or paid a monetary allowance in lieu thereof.] shall be entitled to basic allowance for housing.“

2023 LEGISLATION

  • Senate Billl 1161
    • Summary: Requires the State to pay, without delay, military personnel called to active duty at the same rate as their active duty counterparts and provide basic housing allowance. (SD1)
    • Status:(Engrossed – Dead) 2023-12-11 – Carried over to 2024 Regular Session.
    • Action: 2023-03-15 – The committee(s) on CMV recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.
    • Pending: House Corrections, Military, & Veterans Committee

     “§122A-8  Pay and allowances.  (a)  When in the active service of the State, members of the Hawaii state defense force shall receive from the State the same basic pay and allowance for subsistence as prescribed by federal law and regulations for members of the army national guard, of like grade and length of service, when in the active service of the United States.  [Subject to rules adopted by the governor, members may be subsisted in kind in lieu of a monetary allowance therefor.] When ordered to active duty, members of the Hawaii state defense force shall be paid without delay from the date of deployment.

     (b)  Subject to rules adopted by the governor, members of the Hawaii state defense force when in the active service of the State [may be quartered at the expense of the State or paid a monetary allowance in lieu thereof.] shall be entitled to basic allowance for housing.“

2022 LEGISLATION

  • Senate Bill 1112
    • Amends the minimum appointment eligibility requirement for the adjutant general to be an officer that holds or has held a commission of the rank of Colonel in the military grade of O6 or above in the Army or Air National Guard, state defense force, or the Army or Air Force active component of the United States or a reserve component thereof who has served as a commissioned officer for at least ten years, and has no administrative actions that would prevent promotion to the rank of a general officer in the military grade of O7 or O8. Effective 7/1/2050.
    • Final Status: 2022-05-06 – Enrolled to Governor – PASSED
  • Senate Bill 3085
    • Summary: Adopts a new Hawaii Code of Military Justice to promote order and discipline in the state military forces by fostering an independent military justice system and updating nonjudicial punishment and courts-martial procedures. Effective 1/1/2023. (CD1)
    • Revision:

      SECTION 3.  Section 122A-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

           “(b)  When in the active service of the Hawaii state defense force, members of the Hawaii state defense force are subject to chapter [124A.]    .  Members are deemed to be in the active service of the Hawaii state defense force from the date and time specified in any order lawfully calling them into such service.”

    • Final Status: 2022-05-06 – Enrolled to Governor.
  • Senate Bill 2362
    • Summary: Requires the State to pay, without delay, military personnel called to active duty at the same rate as their active duty counterparts; provide basic housing allowance; provide service credit for time on active duty; and allow state and county employees to count the time called to active duty in the State toward retirement.
    • Revision:

       “§122A-8  Pay and allowances.  (a)  When in the active service of the State, members of the Hawaii state defense force shall receive from the State the same basic pay and allowance for subsistence as prescribed by federal law and regulations for members of the army national guard, of like grade and length of service, when in the active service of the United States.  [Subject to rules adopted by the governor, members may be subsisted in kind in lieu of a monetary allowance therefor.]  When ordered to active duty, members of the Hawaii state defense force shall be paid without delay from the date of deployment.

           (b)  Subject to rules adopted by the governor, members of the Hawaii state defense force when in the active service of the State [may be quartered at the expense of the State or paid a monetary allowance in lieu thereof.] shall be entitled to basic allowance for housing.“