HB 170 Summary

• Clarifies that legislators may introduce bills and serve on committees without violating fair treatment ethics laws, provided they publicly disclose any interests or transactions affected by their official actions.

• Removes previous exemption for task force members and instead requires all task force members, designees, and representatives to publicly disclose interests or transactions that may be affected by their official actions.

• Amends Section 84-13 (fair treatment) and Section 84-14 (conflict of interest) of Hawaii Revised Statutes to explicitly allow task force service while maintaining disclosure requirements.

• Directs the state ethics commission to adopt administrative rules under chapter 91 to implement the fair treatment disclosure requirements for legislators and task force members.

• Takes effect upon approval.