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HI HB2025
Bill
Status
1/26/2026
Primary Sponsor
Darius Kila
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AI Summary
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Prohibits digital navigation applications (GPS apps like Waze, Google Maps) from alerting users to the presence of law enforcement personnel or operations at specific locations in Hawaii
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Defines digital navigation applications as software using GPS, digital maps, and routing algorithms to provide real-time turn-by-turn guidance with features like traffic updates
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Allows apps to continue alerting users to traffic obstructions without mentioning law enforcement presence, and permits showing law enforcement facilities like police stations on maps
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Authorizes the attorney general or county attorneys to seek temporary or permanent injunctions through circuit court to stop violations
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Violations of injunctive orders subject to civil fines (amount unspecified in draft), with each day of continued violation constituting a separate offense; effective date October 1, 2026
Legislative Description
Relating To Law Enforcement.
Digital Navigation Applications
Last Action
The committee(s) on TRN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.
2/17/2026