HI SB2791

Updates Hawaii's criminal statutes to explicitly cover electronic and digital records, extending existing offenses for falsifying business records, tampering with government records, and unsworn falsification to authorities to include electronic formats

Adds new definitions to the penal code including "electronic" (relating to technology with electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, or electromagnetic capabilities), "record" (information stored in electronic or other retrievable medium), and "information" (data, text, images, sounds, codes, computer programs, software, databases)

Defines "falsely make," "falsely complete," and "falsely alter" to clarify when documents or records are created, modified, or completed without proper authorization from the ostensible maker or authorized custodian

Amends offenses for obtaining government-issued identification documents under false pretenses (both first and second degree) to include electronic statements and records used in fraudulent applications

Maintains existing penalty classifications: falsifying business records remains a misdemeanor, tampering with government records remains a misdemeanor, and first-degree false pretenses for ID documents remains a class C felony