Hawaii House Bill 647 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-2)
Status: Introduced on January 22 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-12-01 - Carried over to 2020 Regular Session.
Pending: House Economic Development & Business Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Requires persons who manufacture, sell, offer for sale, lease, or distribute a product that makes content accessible on the internet to include digital content blocking capability that renders inaccessible human trafficking websites, child pornography, revenge pornography, and other pornographic material. Allows consumers to request deactivation of the blocking capability if the consumer fulfills certain requirements, including payment of a digital access fee that is deposited into the human trafficking victim services fund. Requires persons who manufacture, sell, offer for sale, lease, or distribute a product that makes content accessible on the internet to establish and maintain a reporting system for content that is improperly blocked and pornographic content that the blocking capability fails to block. Establishes the misdemeanor offense of failure to include digital content blocking capability.

Relating To Digital Content Blocking Capabilities.

Rep. Sharon Har [D]	Sen. Henry Aquino [D]	Rep. Tom Brower [D]	Rep. Romy Cachola [D]
Rep. Richard Creagan [D]	Rep. Cedric Gates [D]	Rep. Mark Hashem [D]	Rep. Linda Ichiyama [D]
Rep. Lisa Kitagawa [D]	Rep. Sam Kong [D]	Rep. Daynette Morikawa [D]	Rep. Scott Nishimoto [D]
Rep. Amy Perruso [D]	Rep. Calvin Say [D]	Rep. Gregg Takayama [D]	Rep. David Tarnas [D]
Rep. James Tokioka [D]	Rep. Gene Ward [R]	Rep. Ryan Yamane [D]	Rep. Kyle Yamashita [D]
Rep. Bob McDermott [R]	Sen. Joy San Buenaventura [D]	Rep. Justin Woodson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-12-01		Carried over to 2020 Regular Session.
2019-01-24	House	Referred to EDB, JUD, FIN, referral sheet 5
2019-01-22	House	Introduced and Pass First Reading.
2019-01-18	House	Pending introduction.

HB647 (Carry Over) 2019-01-24 - Referred to EDB, JUD, FIN, referral sheet 5

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=647&year=2020
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/HB647_.HTM