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Hawaii 2026

HB 1782

RELATING TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR THE PROTECTION OF MINORS.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-11-12 00:12:40 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Hawaii
Session
2026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
AI Companion Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Attorney General, Conversational AI Services, Minors, Office of Consumer Protection, Oversight, Penalties, Regulation
Introduced / first action
2026-01-21 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Establishes safeguards, protections, oversight, and penalties for interactions between minors and artificial intelligence companion systems or conversational artificial intelligence services. Effective 1/1/2077. (SD2)

Sponsors

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 810).

    receipt

  2. Re-referred to CPC, ECD, JHA, referral sheet 32

    referral-committee

  3. House Conferees Appointed: Matayoshi, Ilagan, Poepoe Co-Chairs; La Chica, Tam, Gedeon.

  4. Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 780).

    receipt

  5. House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

    amendment-failure

  6. Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

    passage

  7. Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 622) in amended form (SD 2).

  8. Reported from CPN/JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3785) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

  9. 48 Hrs. Notice 04-14-26.

  10. The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, Lamosao, McKelvey; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa.

    committee-passage-favorable

  11. The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa.

    committee-passage-favorable

  12. The committee(s) on CPN/JDC deferred the measure until 04-07-26 9:30AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

    deferral

  13. Reported from LBT/HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3356) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN/JDC.

  14. Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN/JDC.

    reading-2, referral-committee

  15. The committee(s) on CPN/JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-02-26 9:20AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  16. The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in LBT were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Elefante, Lamosao, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Ihara, Moriwaki.

    committee-passage-favorable

  17. The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Kanuha, Keohokalole, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) McKelvey ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  18. The committee(s) on LBT/HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 03-25-26 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

  19. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 288).

    introduction, receipt

  20. Passed First Reading.

    reading-1

  21. Referred to LBT/HHS, CPN/JDC.

    referral-committee

  22. Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 3 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Pierick excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.

    passage

  23. Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1118-26) as amended in HD 3, recommending passage on Third Reading.

  24. Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-10-26.

  25. The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Cochran, Kahaloa, Takayama, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Hashem, Sayama.

    committee-passage-favorable

  26. Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 03-05-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  27. Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 758-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to JHA.

  28. Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JHA as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1).

    referral-committee

  29. Bill scheduled for decision making on Thursday, 02-19-26 2:05PM in conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  30. The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Grandinetti, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Kong, Tam; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Iwamoto; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Lowen, Marten, Pierick.

    committee-passage-favorable

  31. The committee(s) on CPC recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-19-26.

    deferral

  32. Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Wednesday, 02-18-26 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  33. Reported from ECD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 147-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.

  34. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Holt excused (1).

    reading-2, referral-committee

  35. The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Ilagan, Hussey, Holt, Tam, Templo, Yamashita, Gedeon; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  36. Bill scheduled for decision making on Friday, 02-06-26 8:30AM in conference room 423 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  37. The committee(s) on ECD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.

    deferral

  38. Referred to ECD, CPC, JHA, referral sheet 1

    referral-committee

  39. Bill scheduled to be heard by ECD on Friday, 01-30-26 10:00AM in House conference room 423 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  40. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

    introduction, reading-1

  41. Pending introduction.

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