HCR 69 Summary

• Requests each county prosecuting attorney office to collect and maintain socioeconomic data for every case prosecuted, including defendant's race, gender, education level, employment status, district/neighborhood of arrest, and length of time living in Hawaii

• Requires each prosecuting attorney office to post all de-identified data on their website for public access

• Directs each prosecuting attorney office to submit a report to the Legislature no later than twenty days before the 2024 Regular Session convening, detailing the status of their data collection efforts

• Aims to increase transparency about prosecutorial decision-making, identify causes of mass incarceration and racial disparities, and provide information to assist the Legislature in crafting criminal justice policy

• Certified copies to be transmitted to the prosecuting attorneys of Honolulu, Maui, Hawaiʻi, and Kauaʻi counties