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HI SB 170

died on adjournment

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION ESTABLISHING THE RIGHT TO OWN ONE'S OWN DATA.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did HI SB 170 pass?

No. HI SB 170 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-12-08): Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

What is HI SB 170 about?

Proposes to amend the Hawaii State Constitution by establishing the right of each person to own and have an exclusive property right in the data they generate on the Internet.

Who sponsors HI SB 170?

RHOADS, CHANG, FUKUNAGA and 3 others are the primary sponsors of HI SB 170, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Proposes to amend the Hawaii State Constitution by establishing the right of each person to own and have an exclusive property right in the data they generate on the Internet.

Introduced
2025-01-15
Latest action
2025-12-08 — Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • RHOADSprimary
  • CHANGprimary
  • FUKUNAGAprimary
  • LEEprimary
  • C.primary
  • SAN BUENAVENTURAprimary
  • Gabbardcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-12-08

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

    carried-over

  2. 2025-01-17

    Referred to CPN, JDC/WAM.

    referral-committee

  3. 2025-01-15

    Introduced and passed First Reading.

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-01-13

    Pending Introduction.

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=170&year=2026

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:20:09.051962Z

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