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HI HB 2499

died on adjournment

RELATING TO DEMOGRAPHIC DATA.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Requires the Office of Enterprise Technology Services to coordinate the development and maintenance of statewide standards for the collection, management, and reporting of race and ethnicity demographic data by any state or county department, agency, board, or commission. Focuses the use of collected demographic data on areas of public interest and establishes transparency and accountability requirements regarding artificial intelligence systems associated with the collected data. Requires state and county departments, agencies, boards, and commissions that collect race and ethnicity data to report to the Office of Enterprise Technology Services on meeting federal data collection requirements. Appropriates funds.

Introduced
2026-01-28
Status date
Latest action
2026-02-06 — The committee(s) on ECD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • HARTSFIELDprimary
  • AMATOprimary
  • BELATTIprimary
  • CHUNprimary
  • GRANDINETTIprimary
  • KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOYprimary
  • KILAprimary
  • LOWENprimary
  • MARTENprimary
  • MATAYOSHIprimary
  • MIYAKEprimary
  • PERRUSOprimary
  • POEPOEprimary
  • SOUZAprimary
  • TAMprimary
  • TEMPLOprimary
  • Reyes Odacosponsor

Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2026-02-06

    The committee(s) on ECD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.

    deferral

  2. 2026-02-02

    Bill scheduled to be heard by ECD on Friday, 02-06-26 8:30AM in House conference room 423 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  3. 2026-02-02

    Referred to ECD, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 6

    referral-committee

  4. 2026-01-28

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

    introduction,reading-1

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