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HI HB487: Relating To Government Efficiency.

Dead/Failed Hawaii · 2025 session

Last verified Oct 15, 2026 · official bill text

HB487 · where it stands

This bill did not become law (dead/failed) · last action Dec 8, 2025.

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Dead / vetoed
Vetoed, failed, or the session ended without action.

In one paragraph

Hawaii's HB 487 (2025) would have funded the Legislative Reference Bureau to use an AI tool to analyze the Hawaii Revised Statutes and Hawaii Administrative Rules for obsolete, duplicative or inconsistent provisions, with a report to the Legislature 20 days before the 2027 session. The appropriation amount was blank. It was referred to LMG and FIN on January 21, 2025, carried over to 2026 with no further action, and died.

Plain-English summary, written with AI assistance. The official text controls.

What it means for business

None: the bill did not pass. It would have directed only a legislative agency to use AI.

Key provisions

  1. Would appropriate an unspecified sum for fiscal years 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 for the Legislative Reference Bureau to buy AI software and analytic services
  2. The bureau would use an AI tool to analyze the Hawaii Revised Statutes and Hawaii Administrative Rules for obsolete, duplicative or inconsistent provisions
  3. Would require a report with findings, recommendations and proposed legislation no later than twenty days before the 2027 regular session
  4. No duties for any entity other than the bureau; would have taken effect upon approval
  5. Introduced January 21, 2025 and referred to LMG and FIN; carried over December 8, 2025; never heard or enacted

Latest legislative action

Dec 8, 2025. Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

Sponsors

NameRoleDistrict
R Sponsor HD-045

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Topics and industries

Related topics

AI in Government

Affected industries

Government

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