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HI SR51
Resolution
Status
3/10/2026
Primary Sponsor
Joy San Buenaventura
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AI Summary
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Requests the Attorney General to conduct a comprehensive review of Hawaii Revised Statutes to identify all provisions using "impaired" or similar terms to describe persons with disabilities.
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Recommends replacing outdated terminology with disability-inclusive language, such as substituting "hearing impaired" with "deaf or hard of hearing" and "vision impaired" with "low vision."
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Cites Utah's 2017 reforms as a model for modernizing and destigmatizing state disability terminology in law.
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Requires the Attorney General to submit findings, recommendations, and proposed legislation to the Legislature no later than 20 days before the Regular Session of 2027.
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Directs certified copies of the resolution to be sent to the Attorney General and Chairperson of the Disability and Communication Access Board.
Legislative Description
Requesting The Attorney General To Conduct A Comprehensive Review Of The Hawaii Revised Statutes To Identify Provisions In Which The Term "impaired" Or A Similar Term Is Used To Describe A Person With A Disability And To Suggest Disability-inclusive Appropriate Amendments.
Attorney General
Last Action
Offered.
3/10/2026