Hawaii House Bill 1158

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 25 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-12-11 - Carried over to 2024 Regular Session.
Pending: House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Specifies that certain deliberative and pre-decisional government inter-agency or intra-agency records concerning an agency decision about a government action are not subject to disclosure until a decision on the action has been made or abandoned. Creates a rebuttable presumption that a matter has been abandoned three years after a prior request for such records. Allows an agency post-decision to continue to withhold directly identifying information for officials or employees lacking discretionary authority in specified circumstances. From 7/1/2023 through 6/30/2027, requires agencies to report their use of the exception to the office of information practices. Requires the office of information practices to convene a working group to examine agency use of the exception and report to the legislature by the 2029 regular session.

Relating To Government Records.

Rep. Scott Saiki [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-12-11		Carried over to 2024 Regular Session.
2023-01-30	House	Referred to JHA, referral sheet 3
2023-01-25	House	Introduced and Pass First Reading.
2023-01-24	House	Pending introduction.

HB1158 (Carry Over) 2023-01-30 - Referred to JHA, referral sheet 3

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1158&year=2024
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB1158_.HTM