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Hawaii House Bill 567

Mar 4, 2019 | Legislation, 2019, Hawaii, mandatory internet filtering, age verification, applies harmful to minors law to the internet, nonconsensual distribution of images, prior restraint, tax on sexual material

H.B. 567 is a mandatory filtering bill that would make it illegal to manufacture or distribute a product that makes any content accessible on the internet without “digital blocking capability.”

Hawaii Senate Bill 2838

Feb 20, 2018 | Legislation, 2018, Hawaii, mandatory internet filtering, age verification, applies harmful to minors law to the internet, nonconsensual distribution of images, prior restraint, tax on sexual material

S.B. 2838 is an HTPA bill that bars the manufacture, sale, offer for sale, lease or other distribution of any device that makes content accessible on the internet unless the device “contains” filtering software that blocks “pornographic” material, and the software must block “obscene” material if the manufacture, sale or distribution is to a minor.

Hawaii Senate Bill 2478

Feb 20, 2018 | Legislation, 2018, Hawaii, mandatory internet filtering, age verification, applies harmful to minors law to the internet, nonconsensual distribution of images, prior restraint, tax on sexual material

S.B. 2478 is an HTPA bill that bars anyone from selling a device that provides internet access unless it contains an “active” filter that blocks access to sites containing “obscene” content that promotes or facilitates prostitution or “cyberharassment,” images of “cyberharassment” and non-obscene solicitations or offers for prostitution or assignations.

Hawaii Senate Bill 1234

Sep 2, 2015 | Legislation, 2011, Hawaii, harmful to minors, applies harmful to minors law to the internet, goes beyond Miller/Ginsberg test

Hawaii S.B. 1234 would criminalize the dissemination of “harmful to minors” material to an adult, if the adult represented him or herself to be a minor. The state’s existing “harmful to minors” law does not follow the Miller/Ginsberg test. It is companion to H.B. 1007.

Hawaii House Bill 1007

Sep 2, 2015 | Legislation, 2011, Hawaii, harmful to minors, applies harmful to minors law to the internet, goes beyond Miller/Ginsberg test

Hawaii H.B. 1007 would criminalize the dissemination of “harmful to minors” material to an adult, if the adult represented him or herself to be a minor. The state’s existing “harmful to minors” law does not follow the Miller/Ginsberg test. It is companion to S.B. 1234.

Hawaii Senate Bill 1207

Aug 31, 2015 | Legislation, 2011, Hawaii, tort claims and civil law, third party liability

Hawaii S.B. 1207 would impose civil liability on any author or publisher of a visitor guide or website that describes activities or attractions on privately or publicly owned land, if a person suffers an injury or dies on such property. It is companion to H.B. 548.

Hawaii House Bill 548

Aug 31, 2015 | Legislation, 2011, Hawaii, tort claims and civil law, third party liability

Hawaii H.B. 548 would impose civil liability on any author or publisher of a visitor guide or website that describes activities or attractions on privately or publicly owned land, if a person suffers an injury or dies on such property. It is companion to S.B. 1207.

Hawaii House Bill 529

Feb 23, 2015 | Legislation, 2015, Hawaii, other content restrictions, prior restraint and seizure, removal of arrest photos or information

Hawaii H.B. 529 would require online publishers to remove an arrest booking photo within 30 days upon written request by the person in the image if that person was not convicted.

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