S.B. 2480 Summary

• Establishes the Hawaii hope card program within the department of the attorney general to issue identification cards to persons granted long-term protective orders.

• Hope cards are driver's license-sized, durable cards that contain information about the protected person and the underlying protective order, allowing law enforcement to quickly verify the order's existence.

• Applicants may request duplicate hope cards at no charge for purposes such as providing to schools, employers, or for use by children or others covered by the order.

• Cards must display a photograph of the restrained person (if available), identifying characteristics, case number, issuing court, order dates, and names and birth dates of covered children or individuals.

• Appropriates unspecified general revenue funds for fiscal year 2020-2021 to implement the program by January 1, 2021, with an effective date of July 1, 2050.