Hawaii Senate Bill 254 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on January 18 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-12-01 - Carried over to 2020 Regular Session.
Pending: Senate Technology and the Arts Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Requires persons who manufacture, sell, offer for sale, lease, or distribute a product that makes content accessible on the Internet to include digital blocking capability that renders human trafficking hubs, child pornography, revenge pornography, and pornographic material inaccessible. Requires these persons to establish and maintain a reporting system for content that is improperly blocked and applicable content that is not blocked. Allows consumers to disable the blocking capability if the consumer fulfils requirements, including paying a fee for deposit in the human trafficking victim services fund. Establishes the misdemeanor offense of intentionally failing to include digital blocking capability. Establishes the human trafficking and child exploitation prevention special fund to provide grants for various purposes. Effective 7/1/2020.

Relating To Digital Content Blockers.

Sen. Mike Gabbard [D]	Sen. Gil Keith-agaran [D]	Sen. Karl Rhoads [D]	Sen. Les Ihara [D]
Sen. Glenn Wakai [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-12-01		Carried over to 2020 Regular Session.
2019-01-22	Senate	Referred to TEC/JDC, WAM.
2019-01-18	Senate	Passed First Reading.
2019-01-18	Senate	Introduced.

HB567 (Same As) 2019-12-01 - Carried over to 2020 Regular Session.
SB254 (Carry Over) 2019-01-22 - Referred to TEC/JDC, WAM.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=254&year=2020
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/SB254_.HTM