HI HR104

Requests all criminal justice system agencies to conduct mandatory and ongoing implicit and unconscious bias training for all employees.

Defines bias-based profiling as actions or decisions based solely on traits such as race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, economic status, age, or culture.

Cites the 2010 Office of Hawaiian Affairs report and Native Hawaiian Justice Task Force Report documenting disproportionate representation of Native Hawaiians in the criminal justice system as evidence of implicit bias.

Notes that the Hawaii Judiciary has already conducted unconscious bias training for all judges and that similar bias training has been examined in education, medicine, and corporate settings.

Directs certified copies be sent to the Attorney General, Director of Public Safety, county prosecuting attorneys, police chiefs, Hawaii Paroling Authority, and relevant legislative committees.