Passed One ChamberFiled Jan 28, 2026
Sponsor: ICHIYAMA
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Reported from LBT/GVO (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3358) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
Mar 30, 2026
Summary
The bill directs Hawaii’s chief data officer to upgrade the open data portal and build a bilingual AI chatbot that helps the public find information across state services. It also requires the officer to set up a process for selecting AI governance tools and to publish agency AI use cases and vendor lists. The measures aim to improve public access to data while ensuring transparency and responsible AI use.
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