Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

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1	1	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H.C.R. NO. 29 THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025 STATE OF HAWAII HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE bureau to conduct a study on the economic, social, and fiscal impact of the kapiolani hospital nurses strike and lockout to the state.
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3	3	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H.C.R. NO. 29
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39	39	urging the LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE bureau to conduct a study on the economic, social, and fiscal impact of the kapiolani hospital nurses strike and lockout to the state.
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47	47	WHEREAS, there are currently 14,545 licensed registered nurses in the State; and WHEREAS, forty-eight per cent of nurses work in hospital settings; and WHEREAS, nurses are often understaffed and over-scheduled, resulting in burnout; and WHEREAS, some nurses have reported that their supervisors are assigning them too many patients at a time which in turn hurts their well-being and their ability to provide adequate care to their patients; and WHEREAS, these unideal working conditions prompted contention between nurses and the Kapiolani Medical Center's administration resulting in a strike in September of 2024; and WHEREAS, nurses who chose to participate in the strike were informed by the administration that such action would result in a lockout, which is the exclusion of employees by their employer from their place of work until certain terms are agreed to; and WHEREAS, on September 14, 2024, Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children locked out more than six hundred nurses following a one-day strike that took place a day earlier; and WHEREAS, the lockout went on to last for twenty-two days, resulting in significantly reduced medical staff; and WHEREAS, in the absence of staff, traveling nurses were brought in to supplement staffing ratios; and WHEREAS, a traveling nurse earns ten to fifteen per cent more than a staff registered nurse in a permanent position and roughly twice as much per week; and WHEREAS, on October 2, 2024, Hawaii Nurses Association nurses approved a new contract with Kapiolani Medical Center that limits the number of patients per nurse and boosts their pay; and WHEREAS, every nurse will receive a raise, with an average increase of three and a half per cent annually over the course of four years; and WHEREAS, throughout the duration of the lockout, it is reported that the State incurred an economic and social impact with unknown costs; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirty-third Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2025, the Senate concurring, the Legislative Reference Bureau is urged to conduct a study on the economic and social impact of the Kapiolani Hospital strike and lockout, and its cost to taxpayers, families, and safety; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the Legislative Reference Bureau is urged to publish its report and provide the Legislature its findings no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2026; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Director of the Legislative Reference Bureau. OFFERED BY: _____________________________
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49	49	WHEREAS, there are currently 14,545 licensed registered nurses in the State; and
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53	53	WHEREAS, forty-eight per cent of nurses work in hospital settings; and
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57	57	WHEREAS, nurses are often understaffed and over-scheduled, resulting in burnout; and
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61	61	WHEREAS, some nurses have reported that their supervisors are assigning them too many patients at a time which in turn hurts their well-being and their ability to provide adequate care to their patients; and
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65	65	WHEREAS, these unideal working conditions prompted contention between nurses and the Kapiolani Medical Center's administration resulting in a strike in September of 2024; and
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69	69	WHEREAS, nurses who chose to participate in the strike were informed by the administration that such action would result in a lockout, which is the exclusion of employees by their employer from their place of work until certain terms are agreed to; and
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73	73	WHEREAS, on September 14, 2024, Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children locked out more than six hundred nurses following a one-day strike that took place a day earlier; and
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77	77	WHEREAS, the lockout went on to last for twenty-two days, resulting in significantly reduced medical staff; and
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81	81	WHEREAS, in the absence of staff, traveling nurses were brought in to supplement staffing ratios; and
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85	85	WHEREAS, a traveling nurse earns ten to fifteen per cent more than a staff registered nurse in a permanent position and roughly twice as much per week; and
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89	89	WHEREAS, on October 2, 2024, Hawaii Nurses Association nurses approved a new contract with Kapiolani Medical Center that limits the number of patients per nurse and boosts their pay; and
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93	93	WHEREAS, every nurse will receive a raise, with an average increase of three and a half per cent annually over the course of four years; and
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97	97	WHEREAS, throughout the duration of the lockout, it is reported that the State incurred an economic and social impact with unknown costs; now, therefore,
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101	101	BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirty-third Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2025, the Senate concurring, the Legislative Reference Bureau is urged to conduct a study on the economic and social impact of the Kapiolani Hospital strike and lockout, and its cost to taxpayers, families, and safety; and
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105	105	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the Legislative Reference Bureau is urged to publish its report and provide the Legislature its findings no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2026; and
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109	109	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Director of the Legislative Reference Bureau.
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121	121	OFFERED BY: _____________________________
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135	135	Report Title: LRB; Study; Kapiolani Medical Center; Lockout; Strike; Impact
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139	139	LRB; Study; Kapiolani Medical Center; Lockout; Strike; Impact