The Legislature adjourned this year on Thursday, May 5, 2022.  HB 2392, making an emergency appropriation for COVID-19 pandemic mitigation, has already been signed into law as Act 5 by Governor David Ige on April 12. The rest of the bills HEC is tracking and passed by the Legislature, are now with the Governor for further review and action. The timetable and procedure for enactment of bills by the Governor is provided in Article III, Section 16 of the Hawai'i State Constitution. 

• If the Governor signs a bill by July 12, 2022 (the 45th day after adjournment), the bill becomes law and is given an act number.
• If the Governor neither signs nor vetoes a bill by July 12, 2022 (the 45th day after adjournment), the bill becomes law without the Governor's signature and is given an act number.
• If the Governor intends to veto a bill, the Governor must inform the Legislature by June 27, 2022 (the 35th day after adjournment) and deliver the veto by July 12, 2022 (the 45th day after adjournment).
• If a bill is vetoed, it will not become law unless the Legislature successfully overrides the veto in special session by a 2/3 vote in each chamber.
• The Legislature must convene in special session at or before noon on July 12, 2022, to override the Governor's veto.
• The Legislature could also amend a bill to answer the governor's objections. For it to become law, a majority of the members in each chamber would be required to vote in favor of the amended bill, and the Governor would then have 10 days to sign it.

Note:  If a bill is signed by the Governor, or the bill becomes law without the Governor's signature, or the Legislature successfully overrides the Governor’s veto, the date that a bill goes into effect as law can be found in the last section of the bill.

HEC will continue to track and provide updates on employment and other bills of interest that were passed by the legislature.