In one paragraph
Hawaii's HB 2500 (2026) would have added a chapter on algorithmic decision systems. Developers would have to give deployers risk disclosures; deployers would have to give notice before use and post-decision information (including the 20 most influential characteristics) when a system affects education, employment, finance, government services, health care, housing, insurance or legal services; generative AI would have to be disclosed to users. Developers and deployers would be jointly and severally liable for violations facilitated by the deployer. House committee ECD deferred it February 6, 2026; it died.
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What it means for business
None: the bill did not pass. It would have put disclosure and liability duties on AI developers and on businesses using AI for significant decisions.
Key provisions
- Developers would have to give each deployer a risk analysis, mitigation steps and intended and foreseeable uses and misuses, with duties starting January 1, 2027
- Deployers using a system for decisions with a material legal or similarly significant effect would have to give plain-language notice before deployment and, no later than thirty days after deployment, the personal characteristics analyzed and the 20 most influential characteristics
- Affected individuals would have rights to access and correct the personal characteristics used
- Anyone making a generative AI system that interacts with individuals available would have to disclose to each user that it is generative AI
- Developers and deployers would be jointly and severally liable for violations facilitated by the deployer's use; a developer would not be liable if the violation came from deployer misuse it took all reasonable steps to prevent and either did not intend or foresee or specifically disallowed in its disclosures
- A violation would be an unfair or deceptive act under HRS 480-2; no private right of action; the attorney general would adopt rules
- Would have taken effect upon approval; died after ECD deferred it February 6, 2026
Latest legislative action
Feb 6, 2026. The committee(s) on ECD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.
Sponsors (showing 5 of 23)
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| AMATO | Primary |
| BELATTI | Primary |
| C. LEE | Primary |
| CHUN | Primary |
| GRANDINETTI | Primary |
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