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Requesting The Department Of The Attorney General To Convene A Youth Digital Safety And Platform Accountability Working Group To Examine Technology-facilitated Abuse In The State And Develop Recommendations For Regulatory Safeguards.
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Hawaii's Senate Concurrent Resolution 42 (2026) would have asked the Attorney General to convene a Youth Digital Safety and Platform Accountability Working Group on technology-facilitated abuse, including how artificial intelligence affects gender-based violence and youth safety, and to evaluate platform and technology company safety policies. A report would have been due twenty days before the 2027 session. It was only offered and referred to committee on March 19, 2026, and never adopted. It does not change the law.
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What it means for business
None: a non-binding resolution that was never adopted. It would not have imposed duties on platforms.
Key provisions
- Would have asked the Attorney General to convene a working group chaired by the Attorney General, with state officials, the Honolulu prosecutor and youth and survivor-service organizations
- Duties would have included assessing technology-facilitated abuse, reviewing laws on cyberstalking, harassment, privacy and image-based abuse, and evaluating digital platforms' safety and reporting policies
- Would have had the group examine how emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, affect gender-based violence and youth safety
- Report of findings and proposed legislation requested no later than twenty days before the 2027 Regular Session
- Offered March 10, 2026 and referred to GVO/LBT March 19, 2026; never adopted
Latest legislative action
Mar 19, 2026. Referred to GVO/LBT.
Sponsors (showing 5 of 31)
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| ACASIO | Primary |
| AQUINO | Primary |
| AWA | Primary |
| Baker | Primary |
| CHANG | Primary |
Roll call votes
The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. Mar 21, 2025
5 yea0 nayPassed
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