HI SR71

Requests the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women and the Department of the Attorney General to establish a working group on image-based sexual abuse, comprising gender-based violence service providers and survivors.

Working group would review statutes and policies nationwide to identify policy or program enhancements that could be adapted for Hawaii law to better protect survivors of image-based sexual abuse.

Report with findings, recommendations, and proposed legislation due to the Legislature no later than 20 days before the 2027 Regular Session.

Image-based sexual abuse is currently a class C felony in Hawaii under violation of privacy in the first degree, but emerging technologies like AI and deepfakes are making such abuse easier to perpetrate.

A 2017 study found 12.8% of respondents were survivors of image-based sexual abuse, with 95% of online deepfake videos being nonconsensual sexual content and 90% targeting women.