H.B. 1715 - Ohana Bill of Rights

• Establishes a new chapter creating the "Ohana Bill of Rights" to protect parental rights regarding the upbringing, education, healthcare, and mental health of minor children in Hawaii.

• Grants parents 11 fundamental rights including directing education and care, choosing school type, accessing school and medical records, consenting to biometric scans and recordings, and consenting to mental health services.

• Requires school districts to develop policies promoting parental involvement that include procedures for parents to object to instructional materials, withdraw children from sexuality health education, learn about school clubs and activities, and receive notice of gender-related requests by their children.

• Mandates school districts provide parents with comprehensive information about their rights including consent rights for sexuality education, immunization exemptions, access to assessment results, library materials, and notification of weapons or transgender athletic policies.

• Requires written parental consent for health care services provided to minors by health care professionals and adds a new immunization exemption for parents with good faith objections based on lack of long-term studies or less than 20 years of production.