Bill Text: HI SB371 | 2025 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Property Damage Of Critical Infrastructure Facilities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-28 - 48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25. [SB371 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2025-SB371-Amended.html
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO PROPERTY DAMAGE OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 708, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding two new sections to part III to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§708-A Criminal property damage of a critical infrastructure facility in the first degree. (1) A person commits the offense of criminal property damage of a critical infrastructure facility in the first degree if the person intentionally or knowingly damages any critical infrastructure facility without the owner or operator's consent and:
(a) Recklessly or negligently causes damage in an amount exceeding $20,000 and recklessly or negligently causes substantial impairment of the critical infrastructure facility; or
(b) Knowingly uses a firearm, drone, or explosive weapon in the commission of the offense and recklessly or negligently causes substantial impairment of the critical infrastructure facility.
(2)
Criminal property damage of a critical infrastructure facility in the
first degree is a class A felony.
§708-B Criminal property damage of a critical
infrastructure facility in the second degree. (1)
A person commits the offense of criminal property damage of a critical
infrastructure facility in the second degree if the person intentionally or
knowingly damages any critical infrastructure facility without the owner or
operator's consent, and recklessly or negligently causes substantial impairment
to the critical infrastructure facility.
(2) Criminal property damage of a critical infrastructure facility in the second degree is a class B felony."
SECTION 2. Section 708-800, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding five new definitions to be appropriately inserted and to read as follows:
""Critical infrastructure
facility" has the same meaning as "critical infrastructure"
defined in section 708-890; provided that for sections 708-A and 708-B
"critical infrastructure facility" shall include broadband and cable
television networks.
"Drone" means an unmanned
aircraft, watercraft, or ground vehicle or a robotic device that is controlled
remotely by a human operator or operates autonomously through computer software
or other programming.
"Explosive weapon" means any
explosive or incendiary device that is designed, made, or adapted for the
purpose of inflicting serious bodily injury, death, or substantial property
damage, or for the principal purpose of causing such a loud report as to cause
undue public alarm or terror.
"Explosive weapon" includes:
(1) An
explosive or incendiary bomb, grenade, rocket, and mine;
(2) A
device designed, made, or adapted for delivering or shooting an explosive
weapon; and
(3) A
device designed, made, or adapted to start a fire in a time-delayed manner.
"Firearm" has the same meaning
as defined in section 134‑1.
"Substantial impairment" means
impairment of a critical infrastructure facility that:
(1) Lasts for two hours or more; or
(2) Affects one thousand or more retail
customers
of the affected critical infrastructure facility."
SECTION 3. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.
SECTION 4. In codifying the new sections added by section 1 of this Act, the revisor of statutes shall substitute appropriate section numbers for the letters used in designating the new sections in this Act.
SECTION 5. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Report Title:
Offenses Against Property Rights; Criminal Property Damage of Critical Infrastructure Facilities; Felony
Description:
Establishes the offense of criminal property damage to critical infrastructure facilities in the first and second degree. (SD2)
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