HI SB757 | 2025 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on January 17 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-23 - Referred to EDU, CPN/JDC.
Pending: Senate Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 17 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-23 - Referred to EDU, CPN/JDC.
Pending: Senate Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
Requires reasonable terms in license agreements for digital literary materials between libraries and publishers. Defines prohibited terms for license agreements between libraries and publishers. Declares offer of a license agreement with a prohibited term an unfair or deceptive act. Makes a license agreement with a prohibited term void and unconscionable. Creates right of action by libraries, library officers and borrowers.
Title
Relating To Libraries.
Sponsors
| Sen. Angus McKelvey [D] | Sen. Henry Aquino [D] | Sen. Stanley Chang [D] | Sen. Troy Hashimoto [D] |
| Sen. Tim Richards [D] | Sen. Joy San Buenaventura [D] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-23 | Senate | Referred to EDU, CPN/JDC. |
| 2025-01-21 | Senate | Passed First Reading. |
| 2025-01-17 | Senate | Introduced. |
Subjects
Department of Education
Digital Literary Materials
Prohibited Terms.
Public Libraries
Publisher License Agreements
Digital Literary Materials
Prohibited Terms.
Public Libraries
Publisher License Agreements
Hawaii State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=757&year=2025 |
| Text | https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB757_.HTM |
