HI SR116

Request the Department of the Attorney General to propose legislation criminalizing acts by eligible public officials and local law enforcement that violate their oaths to uphold the U.S. Constitution and Hawaii State Constitution

Eligible public officials subject to oath requirements include the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, members of both legislative houses, Board of Education members, National Guard members, state or county employees with police powers, district court judges, and Senate-confirmed appointees

Proposed legislation must include loss of employment benefits as a penalty for conviction of violating constitutional oaths

Attorney General must submit proposed legislation to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2022

Currently, neither the Hawaii State Constitution nor Hawaii Revised Statutes provide specific penalties for eligible public officials' violation of their constitutional oaths