Hawaii Senate Bill 786

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 17 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-31 - The committee(s) on GVO has scheduled a public hearing on 02-04-25 3:05PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
Pending: Senate Government Operations Committee
Hearing: Feb 4 @ 3:05 pm in Conference Room 225 & Videoconference
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Beginning 1/1/2027, requires all government records required to be open to public inspection under the Uniform Information Practices Act to be made available in a disability-accessible format upon request. Requires the Governor, Chief Justice, and Mayor of each county to designate at least one agency within their respective government unit as a converting agency responsible for converting government records into a disability-accessible format. Establishes the process by which government records shall be converted into disability-accessible format upon request. Allows the converting agencies to consult with the Disability Communications Access Board. Requires the Office of Information Practices, Judiciary, and each county to adopt rules, regulations, or ordinances, including a provision that extends the time within which an agency must respond to requests for government records by 5 business days for records in disability-accessible formats, with exceptions for records pertaining to board meetings. Appropriates funds.

Relating To Government Records.

Sen. Karl Rhoads [D]

Sen. Stanley Chang [D]

Sen. Carol Fukunaga [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-31	Senate	The committee(s) on GVO has scheduled a public hearing on 02-04-25 3:05PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
2025-01-28	Senate	Re-Referred to GVO, WAM/JDC.
2025-01-23	Senate	Referred to GVO/EIG, WAM/JDC.
2025-01-21	Senate	Passed First Reading.
2025-01-17	Senate	Introduced.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=786&year=2025
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB786_.HTM