Bill Text: HI SB88 | 2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To The Hawaii National Guard.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-1)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-24 - The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in PSM were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Elefante, Wakai, Fukunaga, Rhoads, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. [SB88 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2025-SB88-Introduced.html
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to the Hawaii National Guard.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 121-39, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§121-39 Pay of officers and warrant officers while on active duty. Officers and warrant officers of the army or air national guard while on active duty in the service of the State shall receive the pay and allowances of officers and warrant officers of similar grades of the United States Army and Air Force, respectively; provided that:
(1) The State shall allow officers and warrant officers to directly deposit their pay by electronic means to their personal banking accounts;
(2) If an officer or warrant officer is
activated for more than thirty days in the service of the State and is not
otherwise covered by health insurance, the State shall provide an allowance for
the payment of TRICARE reserve select, TRICARE dental, and vision
coverage for the individual officer or warrant officer and TRICARE reserve
select coverage for the officer's family should the officer or warrant
officer have eligible dependents[; provided that this paragraph shall only
apply to officers in the grades of O-3 and below and warrant officers in the
grades of CW-2 and below]; and
(3) No pay or allowances shall be made to officers or warrant officers for any service for which they receive military pay and allowances from the United States."
SECTION 2. Section 121-40, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§121-40 Pay of enlisted personnel while on active duty. Enlisted personnel of the army and air national guard while on active duty in the service of the State, except during periods of annual field training or year-round field training, shall receive the same pay and allowances as enlisted personnel of similar rank in the United States Army and Air Force respectively; provided that the:
(1) State shall allow enlisted personnel to directly deposit their pay by electronic means to their personal banking accounts;
(2) If an enlisted person is activated for
more than thirty days in the service of the State and is not otherwise covered
by health insurance, the State shall provide an allowance for the payment of
TRICARE reserve select, TRICARE dental, and vision coverage for the
individual enlisted person and TRICARE reserve select coverage for the
enlisted person's family should the enlisted person have eligible dependents[;
provided that this paragraph shall only apply to enlisted personnel in the
grades of E-6 and below]; and
(3) Aggregate of the pay and allowances, computed on a daily basis, shall in no event be less than the amount equal to ten times the hourly wage specified in section 387-2."
SECTION 3. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.
SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
National Guard; Insurance; TRICARE; Department of Defense; Dental; Vision
Description:
Authorizes the payment of allowances for TRICARE, TRICARE Dental Program, and vision coverage to all officers, warrant officers, and enlisted personnel of the Hawaii National Guard ordered to active duty for more than 30 days.
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not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
