HB 639 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Summary

Requires corporations, organizations, or individuals engaging to commercial transactions or trade practices to clearly and conspicuously notify consumers when the consumer is interacting with an artificial intelligence chatbot or other technology capable of mimicking human behaviors, with certain exemptions. Requires developers that sell, offer for sale, advertise, or make available artificial intelligence chatbots to disclose that their chatbots use artificial intelligence. Authorizes private rights of action. Establishes statutory penalties. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Issues: ✓ Technology

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Last action Feb 5, 2025

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HB639 → HB639_HD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was reformatted from a standard legislative document to a computer-generated template format. The substantive policy content remains the same, including requirements for chatbot disclosure, penalties, and effective dates, though the effective date appears to be a placeholder (July 1, 3000) rather than a realistic implementation date.

Scope change

No substantive scope changes; the bill maintains the same requirements for AI chatbot disclosure and penalties, though the document structure changed from a standard legislative format to a computer-generated template.

TECHNICAL

Document format changed from standard legislative markup to computer-generated template with metadata headers and footers

Added computer metadata including timestamps, document IDs, and template revision numbers

Removed standard legislative page headers and footers including page numbers and bill tracking information

TIMELINE

Effective date changed from 'upon approval' to 'July 1, 3000', which appears to be a placeholder or error rather than an intentional policy change

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Committee

Feb 5, 2025

Committee

Reported from ECD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 167) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.

lower

Jan 31, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Ilagan, Hussey, Holt, Tam, Todd, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Templo.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to ECD, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 2

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

9 primary · 0 co-sponsors