HB 642 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE RULES.

Summary

Requires all state agencies proposing, adopting, amending, or repealing a rule to make the full text of the rules of the agency available on the website of the Office of the Lieutenant Governor in a digitally accessible and searchable format. 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 Dec 8, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB642 → HB642_HD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to change its effective date from immediate approval to July 1, 3000, effectively deferring the requirement for agencies to make rules available in a searchable digital format. The description was also updated to clarify that the requirement applies when agencies are 'proposing' rules, not just adopting them, and to explicitly state the new effective date within the summary.

Scope change

The scope of applicability was slightly broadened to include the 'proposal' stage of rulemaking, and the timeline for compliance was drastically extended to the year 3000.

TIMELINE

The effective date was changed from 'upon approval' to 'July 1, 3000', delaying the implementation of the digital rule access requirement by over 775 years.

REQUIREMENT

The requirement to provide digital access was expanded to apply when agencies are 'proposing' rules, rather than only when they are 'adopting' them.

TECHNICAL

The bill title and header metadata were updated to reflect House District 1 (HD1) and include new timestamp and versioning data.

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Committee

Feb 14, 2025

Committee

Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 743) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 13, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 2

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

12 primary · 0 co-sponsors