Hawaii crime

Foreign-born residents include naturalized citizens, lawful noncitizens and people without lawful status. Immigration enforcement provisions concern subsets of this population and do not establish any individual’s status or change birthplace. This relationship does not establish causation. Actions after the measurement period cannot explain its earlier value.

Retained Hawaii evidence context: Residents who are foreign-born. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

SECTION 2. Chapter 353C, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows: "§353C- Immigration; civil immigration interviews; due process and transparency; requirements. (a) Before any civil immigration interview between a federal immigration authority and an individual in law enforcement agency custody regarding civil immigration violations may commence, the law enforcement agency shall provide the individual with a written consent form that: (1) Explains: (A) The rights afforded under the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution, including the right to remain silent and the right to have an attorney present if represented; (B) The interview is voluntary; and (C) The individual may either: (i) Decline to be interviewed; or (ii) Choose to be interviewed only with the individual's attorney present; and (2) Clearly provides a space for the individual to indicate that they: (A) Consent to the interview; (B) Consent to the interview with the individual's attorney present; or (C) Do not consent to the interview. (b) The written consent form required under subsection (a) shall be provided at no cost and shall be available in the languages that the office of language access provides translations for, including but not limited to: (1) Chinese Mandarin or Cantonese; (2) Chuukese; (3) English; (4) Ilokano; (5) Japanese; (6) Korean; (7) Olelo Hawaii; (8) Marshallese; (9) Samoan; (10) Spanish; (11) Tagalog; (12) Thai; (13) Vietnamese; and (14) Visayan; provided that other accommodations shall be made for individuals who speak languages that the office of language access cannot provide translation. The law enforcement agency shall provide the individual, the individual's attorney, or the individual's designated representative with a copy of the signed written consent form and retain a copy of each written consent form. (c) Upon request, a law enforcement agency shall provide the individual with reasonable access to a telephone and a reasonable opportunity to consult with the individual's attorney before any civil immigration interview; provided that juveniles in law enforcement agency custody shall also have a reasonable opportunity to contact a parent, guardian, or legal custodian. (d) Law enforcement agencies shall log each civil immigration interview request, including the following: (1) Date and time of the civil immigration interview request; (2) Whether the written consent form under subsection (a) was provided to the individual; (3) The language used in the written consent form; (4) Whether consent was given to a civil immigration interview; (5) If consent was given, whether counsel was present at the interview; and (6) If consent was given, the date and time of the civil immigration interview. (e) Upon receiving any immigration hold, notification, or transfer request from a federal immigration authority, a law enforcement agency shall provide a copy of the request to the individual and inform the individual whether the law enforcement agency intends to comply with the request. If a law enforcement agency provides a federal immigration authority with notification that an individual is being, or will be, released on a certain date, the law enforcement agency shall promptly provide the same notification in writing within two business days to the individual and the individual's attorney or the individual's designated representative. (f) All records relating to a federal immigration authority's access to a detained individual provided by a law enforcement agency, including all communication with the federal immigration authority, shall be public records for purposes of chapter 92F, and the exemptions provided in chapter 92F shall not apply; provided that personal identifying information of a detained individual shall be redacted before public disclosure pursuant to section 92F-13(1). Records relating to federal immigration authority access to a detained individual shall include but not be limited to: (1) Logs maintained by the law enforcement agency pursuant to subsection (d); (2) The date the federal immigration authority was provided the access; and (3) Whether the federal immigration authority's access was provided through an immigration hold, notification request, or transfer, or other means. (g) The department of the attorney general, the county prosecuting attorneys, or an agency with separate enforcement authority may receive and investigate complaints of violations of this section and issue findings and corrective orders. (h) Any person who is or was in custody and aggrieved by a violation of this section may bring an action seeking injunctive or declaratory relief and reasonable attorneys' fees against a law enforcement agency that has violated the requirements of subsection (a) or (b). (i) For the purposes of this section: "Civil immigration interview" means any interview by federal immigration authorities concerning civil immigration matters of a person in the custody of a law enforcement agency. "Federal immigration authority" means the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the United States Customs and Border Protection, or any other federal agency or component authorized to conduct civil immigration enforcement or civil immigration interviews under federal law. "Immigration hold" means an immigration detainer issued pursuant to title 8 Code of Federal Regulations section 287.7, or any similar request from federal immigration authorities for detention of an individual suspected of violating civil immigration law. "Law enforcement agency" means any agency of the State or any of its political subdivisions, or any officer or individual of those agencies, that is authorized to enforce criminal laws; operate correctional, detention, or juvenile detention facilities; or maintain custody of individuals in correctional, detention, or juvenile detention facilities. "Law enforcement agency" does not include any federal agency or its political subdivisions, or any officer or individual of those agencies." SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored. SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

The storage offense, purchaser notice and civil-liability rules address firearm safety and criminal justice. These provisions do not establish a decline in crime. Act 22 requires retail firearm sellers and transferers to provide a copy of the storage law. Storage can use a locked container or a tamper-resistant device, a location a reasonable person would consider secure, or carrying the firearm on or readily retrievable close to the person. Violations carry a fine up to $500; criminally negligent storage involving actual access by a minor under 18 is a misdemeanor under the additional knowledge and permission conditions. Strict civil liability covers injury or property damage within two years when the firearm was obtained because of a violation, subject to lawful self-defense, defense of another and unlawful-entry exceptions. Vehicles are excluded from the premises definition and section 134-11(a) exempt categories remain. Unlawful entry is also an exception to the minor-access offense. Notice violations are treated as unfair or deceptive practices. The act preserves previously matured rights, duties, penalties and proceedings and includes severability. Effective upon approval April 22, 2025. Later amendments, court orders, enforcement and actual injury or crime effects require separate review. The chart does not isolate this action’s effect.

Retained Hawaii evidence context: Firearm deaths · crime · reviewed Hawaii policy context · health · reviewed Hawaii policy context. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a violation and fined no more than $500;

Foreign-born residents include naturalized citizens, lawful noncitizens and people without lawful status. Immigration enforcement provisions concern subsets of this population and do not establish any individual’s status or change birthplace. This relationship does not establish causation. Actions after the measurement period cannot explain its earlier value.

Retained Hawaii evidence context: Residents who are foreign-born. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

SECTION 2. Chapter 353C, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows: "§353C- Immigration; civil immigration interviews; due process and transparency; requirements. (a) Before any civil immigration interview between a federal immigration authority and an individual in law enforcement agency custody regarding civil immigration violations may commence, the law enforcement agency shall provide the individual with a written consent form that: (1) Explains: (A) The rights afforded under the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution, including the right to remain silent and the right to have an attorney present if represented; (B) The interview is voluntary; and (C) The individual may either: (i) Decline to be interviewed; or (ii) Choose to be interviewed only with the individual's attorney present; and (2) Clearly provides a space for the individual to indicate that they: (A) Consent to the interview; (B) Consent to the interview with the individual's attorney present; or (C) Do not consent to the interview. (b) The written consent form required under subsection (a) shall be provided at no cost and shall be available in the languages that the office of language access provides translations for, including but not limited to: (1) Chinese Mandarin or Cantonese; (2) Chuukese; (3) English; (4) Ilokano; (5) Japanese; (6) Korean; (7) Olelo Hawaii; (8) Marshallese; (9) Samoan; (10) Spanish; (11) Tagalog; (12) Thai; (13) Vietnamese; and (14) Visayan; provided that other accommodations shall be made for individuals who speak languages that the office of language access cannot provide translation. The law enforcement agency shall provide the individual, the individual's attorney, or the individual's designated representative with a copy of the signed written consent form and retain a copy of each written consent form. (c) Upon request, a law enforcement agency shall provide the individual with reasonable access to a telephone and a reasonable opportunity to consult with the individual's attorney before any civil immigration interview; provided that juveniles in law enforcement agency custody shall also have a reasonable opportunity to contact a parent, guardian, or legal custodian. (d) Law enforcement agencies shall log each civil immigration interview request, including the following: (1) Date and time of the civil immigration interview request; (2) Whether the written consent form under subsection (a) was provided to the individual; (3) The language used in the written consent form; (4) Whether consent was given to a civil immigration interview; (5) If consent was given, whether counsel was present at the interview; and (6) If consent was given, the date and time of the civil immigration interview. (e) Upon receiving any immigration hold, notification, or transfer request from a federal immigration authority, a law enforcement agency shall provide a copy of the request to the individual and inform the individual whether the law enforcement agency intends to comply with the request. If a law enforcement agency provides a federal immigration authority with notification that an individual is being, or will be, released on a certain date, the law enforcement agency shall promptly provide the same notification in writing within two business days to the individual and the individual's attorney or the individual's designated representative. (f) All records relating to a federal immigration authority's access to a detained individual provided by a law enforcement agency, including all communication with the federal immigration authority, shall be public records for purposes of chapter 92F, and the exemptions provided in chapter 92F shall not apply; provided that personal identifying information of a detained individual shall be redacted before public disclosure pursuant to section 92F-13(1). Records relating to federal immigration authority access to a detained individual shall include but not be limited to: (1) Logs maintained by the law enforcement agency pursuant to subsection (d); (2) The date the federal immigration authority was provided the access; and (3) Whether the federal immigration authority's access was provided through an immigration hold, notification request, or transfer, or other means. (g) The department of the attorney general, the county prosecuting attorneys, or an agency with separate enforcement authority may receive and investigate complaints of violations of this section and issue findings and corrective orders. (h) Any person who is or was in custody and aggrieved by a violation of this section may bring an action seeking injunctive or declaratory relief and reasonable attorneys' fees against a law enforcement agency that has violated the requirements of subsection (a) or (b). (i) For the purposes of this section: "Civil immigration interview" means any interview by federal immigration authorities concerning civil immigration matters of a person in the custody of a law enforcement agency. "Federal immigration authority" means the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the United States Customs and Border Protection, or any other federal agency or component authorized to conduct civil immigration enforcement or civil immigration interviews under federal law. "Immigration hold" means an immigration detainer issued pursuant to title 8 Code of Federal Regulations section 287.7, or any similar request from federal immigration authorities for detention of an individual suspected of violating civil immigration law. "Law enforcement agency" means any agency of the State or any of its political subdivisions, or any officer or individual of those agencies, that is authorized to enforce criminal laws; operate correctional, detention, or juvenile detention facilities; or maintain custody of individuals in correctional, detention, or juvenile detention facilities. "Law enforcement agency" does not include any federal agency or its political subdivisions, or any officer or individual of those agencies." SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored. SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

The CDC homicide fact uses resident death certificates. Investigating unsolved homicides concerns response to fatal violence; investigative caseloads, missing-person cases and criminal classifications do not equal that mortality series. This relationship does not establish causation. Actions after the measurement period cannot explain its earlier value.

Retained Hawaii evidence context: Homicide deaths · Reported violent-crime rate. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

SECTION 2. Chapter 28, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new part to be appropriately designated and to read as follows: "Part . COLD CASE INVESTIGATION UNIT §28- Cold case investigation unit. (a) There shall be established in the department of the attorney general a cold case investigation unit. (b) The cold case investigation unit shall employ attorneys, investigators, and other personnel as necessary to promote the effective and efficient conduct of the unit's activities. Except for the attorneys, all other employees of the unit shall be subject to chapter 76. (c) The purpose of the cold case investigation unit shall be to assist federal, state, county, and tribal law enforcement agencies, and cold case units within the office of a prosecutor, including law enforcement agencies and cold case units in other states, in investigating unsolved cases where the crime took place in this State or where the victim was a resident of this State. (d) Cases investigated by the cold case investigation unit may include unsolved homicides, sexual offenses, sexually motivated offenses, missing persons, and cases of unidentified remains. (e) The cold case investigation unit may accept investigation requests and may proactively offer assistance to a law enforcement agency or cold case unit. (f) For the purpose of this section, "cold case" means a case where all investigative leads have been exhausted, all physical evidence examined, and all witnesses interviewed to the point where the case has been closed for a significant period of time without any active leads." SECTION 3. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2025-2026 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2026-2027 for the establishment and operation of a cold case investigation unit within the department of the attorney general. The sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of the attorney general for the purposes of this Act. SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 3000.

The storage offense, purchaser notice and civil-liability rules address firearm safety and criminal justice. These provisions do not establish a decline in crime. Act 22 requires retail firearm sellers and transferers to provide a copy of the storage law. Storage can use a locked container or a tamper-resistant device, a location a reasonable person would consider secure, or carrying the firearm on or readily retrievable close to the person. Violations carry a fine up to $500; criminally negligent storage involving actual access by a minor under 18 is a misdemeanor under the additional knowledge and permission conditions. Strict civil liability covers injury or property damage within two years when the firearm was obtained because of a violation, subject to lawful self-defense, defense of another and unlawful-entry exceptions. Vehicles are excluded from the premises definition and section 134-11(a) exempt categories remain. Unlawful entry is also an exception to the minor-access offense. Notice violations are treated as unfair or deceptive practices. The act preserves previously matured rights, duties, penalties and proceedings and includes severability. Effective upon approval April 22, 2025. Later amendments, court orders, enforcement and actual injury or crime effects require separate review. The chart does not isolate this action’s effect.

Retained Hawaii evidence context: Firearm deaths · crime · reviewed Hawaii policy context · health · reviewed Hawaii policy context. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a violation and fined no more than $500;

The FBI property-crime measure includes larceny-theft, burglary and motor-vehicle theft. These proposals concern theft components, not every property offense or a demonstrated change in reported crime. This relationship does not establish causation. Actions after the measurement period cannot explain its earlier value.

Retained Hawaii evidence context: Reported property-crime rate. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

SECTION 2. Chapter 708, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows: "§708- Organized retail theft. (1) For purposes of this section: "Retailer" means a person or business that sells or facilitates the sale of merchandise to the public for use or consumption rather than for resale. (2) A person commits the offense of organized retail theft if the person intentionally: (a) Acts in concert with one or more persons to commit theft of merchandise from one or more retailers with intent to sell, exchange, or dispose of the merchandise for value; or (b) Acts in concert with one or more persons to receive, possess, conceal, store, or purchase merchandise explicitly represented to the person as being merchandise stolen from a retailer. (3) Violation of this section is: (a) A Class C felony if the value or aggregate value of the merchandise involved in the act is $200 or more but less than $750; or (b) A Class B felony if the value or aggregate value of the merchandise involved in the act is $750 or more. (4) Violation of this section described in subsection (3) is increased to the next higher category of offense if the person recruits, coordinates, organizes, supervises, directs, manages, or finances one or more persons to engage in an act described in subsection (2). (5) There is to be established an organized retail theft task force under the department of the attorney general. (a) The task force shall consist of no more than fifteen members and shall include: (i) Four members appointed by the governor, one of whom shall be an individual who represents state or local law enforcement; (ii) President, or their designee, of the Chamber of Commerce Hawaii; (iii) President, or their designee, of the Retail Merchants of Hawaii; (iv) Prosecuting Attorney, or their designee, for the City and County of Honolulu; (v) Prosecuting Attorney, or their designee, for the County of Maui; (vi) Prosecuting Attorney, or their designee, for the County of Kauai; and (vii) Prosecuting Attorney, or their designee, for the County of Hawaii. (b) Appointments to the task force shall be made by the appointing authority no later than sixty days after the effective date of this Act. (c) The members of the task force shall serve without compensation. No member of the task force shall be made subject to section 84-17, solely because of that member's participation on the task force. The task force shall be exempt from chapter 92. (d) The task force shall submit a report of its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2027." 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. New statutory material is underscored. SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 3000.

Foreign-born residents include naturalized citizens, lawful noncitizens and people without lawful status. Immigration enforcement provisions concern subsets of this population and do not establish any individual’s status or change birthplace. This relationship does not establish causation. Actions after the measurement period cannot explain its earlier value.

Retained Hawaii evidence context: Residents who are foreign-born. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

SECTION 2. Chapter 353C, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows: "§353C- Immigration; civil immigration interviews; due process and transparency; requirements. (a) Before any civil immigration interview between a federal immigration authority and an individual in law enforcement agency custody regarding civil immigration violations may commence, the law enforcement agency shall provide the individual with a written consent form that: (1) Explains: (A) The rights afforded under the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution, including the right to remain silent and the right to have an attorney present if represented; (B) The interview is voluntary; and (C) The individual may either: (i) Decline to be interviewed; or (ii) Choose to be interviewed only with the individual's attorney present; and (2) Clearly provides a space for the individual to indicate that they: (A) Consent to the interview; (B) Consent to the interview with the individual's attorney present; or (C) Do not consent to the interview. (b) The written consent form required under subsection (a) shall be provided at no cost and shall be available in the languages that the office of language access provides translations for, including but not limited to: (1) Chinese Mandarin or Cantonese; (2) Chuukese; (3) English; (4) Ilokano; (5) Japanese; (6) Korean; (7) Olelo Hawaii; (8) Marshallese; (9) Samoan; (10) Spanish; (11) Tagalog; (12) Thai; (13) Vietnamese; and (14) Visayan; provided that other accommodations shall be made for individuals who speak languages that the office of language access cannot provide translation. The law enforcement agency shall provide the individual, the individual's attorney, or the individual's designated representative with a copy of the signed written consent form and retain a copy of each written consent form. (c) Upon request, a law enforcement agency shall provide the individual with reasonable access to a telephone and a reasonable opportunity to consult with the individual's attorney before any civil immigration interview; provided that juveniles in law enforcement agency custody shall also have a reasonable opportunity to contact a parent, guardian, or legal custodian. (d) Law enforcement agencies shall log each civil immigration interview request, including the following: (1) Date and time of the civil immigration interview request; (2) Whether the written consent form under subsection (a) was provided to the individual; (3) The language used in the written consent form; (4) Whether consent was given to a civil immigration interview; (5) If consent was given, whether counsel was present at the interview; and (6) If consent was given, the date and time of the civil immigration interview. (e) Upon receiving any immigration hold, notification, or transfer request from a federal immigration authority, a law enforcement agency shall provide a copy of the request to the individual and inform the individual whether the law enforcement agency intends to comply with the request. If a law enforcement agency provides a federal immigration authority with notification that an individual is being, or will be, released on a certain date, the law enforcement agency shall promptly provide the same notification in writing within two business days to the individual and the individual's attorney or the individual's designated representative. (f) All records relating to a federal immigration authority's access to a detained individual provided by a law enforcement agency, including all communication with the federal immigration authority, shall be public records for purposes of chapter 92F, and the exemptions provided in chapter 92F shall not apply; provided that personal identifying information of a detained individual shall be redacted before public disclosure pursuant to section 92F-13(1). Records relating to federal immigration authority access to a detained individual shall include but not be limited to: (1) Logs maintained by the law enforcement agency pursuant to subsection (d); (2) The date the federal immigration authority was provided the access; and (3) Whether the federal immigration authority's access was provided through an immigration hold, notification request, or transfer, or other means. (g) The department of the attorney general, the county prosecuting attorneys, or an agency with separate enforcement authority may receive and investigate complaints of violations of this section and issue findings and corrective orders. (h) Any person who is or was in custody and aggrieved by a violation of this section may bring an action seeking injunctive or declaratory relief and reasonable attorneys' fees against a law enforcement agency that has violated the requirements of subsection (a) or (b). (i) For the purposes of this section: "Civil immigration interview" means any interview by federal immigration authorities concerning civil immigration matters of a person in the custody of a law enforcement agency. "Federal immigration authority" means the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the United States Customs and Border Protection, or any other federal agency or component authorized to conduct civil immigration enforcement or civil immigration interviews under federal law. "Immigration hold" means an immigration detainer issued pursuant to title 8 Code of Federal Regulations section 287.7, or any similar request from federal immigration authorities for detention of an individual suspected of violating civil immigration law. "Law enforcement agency" means any agency of the State or any of its political subdivisions, or any officer or individual of those agencies, that is authorized to enforce criminal laws; operate correctional, detention, or juvenile detention facilities; or maintain custody of individuals in correctional, detention, or juvenile detention facilities. "Law enforcement agency" does not include any federal agency or its political subdivisions, or any officer or individual of those agencies." SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored. SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

The storage offense, purchaser notice and civil-liability rules address firearm safety and criminal justice. These provisions do not establish a decline in crime. Act 22 requires retail firearm sellers and transferers to provide a copy of the storage law. Storage can use a locked container or a tamper-resistant device, a location a reasonable person would consider secure, or carrying the firearm on or readily retrievable close to the person. Violations carry a fine up to $500; criminally negligent storage involving actual access by a minor under 18 is a misdemeanor under the additional knowledge and permission conditions. Strict civil liability covers injury or property damage within two years when the firearm was obtained because of a violation, subject to lawful self-defense, defense of another and unlawful-entry exceptions. Vehicles are excluded from the premises definition and section 134-11(a) exempt categories remain. Unlawful entry is also an exception to the minor-access offense. Notice violations are treated as unfair or deceptive practices. The act preserves previously matured rights, duties, penalties and proceedings and includes severability. Effective upon approval April 22, 2025. Later amendments, court orders, enforcement and actual injury or crime effects require separate review. The chart does not isolate this action’s effect.

Retained Hawaii evidence context: Firearm deaths · crime · reviewed Hawaii policy context · health · reviewed Hawaii policy context. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a violation and fined no more than $500;

The FBI property-crime measure includes larceny-theft, burglary and motor-vehicle theft. These proposals concern theft components, not every property offense or a demonstrated change in reported crime. This relationship does not establish causation. Actions after the measurement period cannot explain its earlier value.

Retained Hawaii evidence context: Reported property-crime rate. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

SECTION 2. Chapter 708, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows: "§708- Organized retail theft. (1) For purposes of this section: "Retailer" means a person or business that sells or facilitates the sale of merchandise to the public for use or consumption rather than for resale. (2) A person commits the offense of organized retail theft if the person intentionally: (a) Acts in concert with one or more persons to commit theft of merchandise from one or more retailers with intent to sell, exchange, or dispose of the merchandise for value; or (b) Acts in concert with one or more persons to receive, possess, conceal, store, or purchase merchandise explicitly represented to the person as being merchandise stolen from a retailer. (3) Violation of this section is: (a) A Class C felony if the value or aggregate value of the merchandise involved in the act is $200 or more but less than $750; or (b) A Class B felony if the value or aggregate value of the merchandise involved in the act is $750 or more. (4) Violation of this section described in subsection (3) is increased to the next higher category of offense if the person recruits, coordinates, organizes, supervises, directs, manages, or finances one or more persons to engage in an act described in subsection (2). (5) There is to be established an organized retail theft task force under the department of the attorney general. (a) The task force shall consist of no more than fifteen members and shall include: (i) Four members appointed by the governor, one of whom shall be an individual who represents state or local law enforcement; (ii) President, or their designee, of the Chamber of Commerce Hawaii; (iii) President, or their designee, of the Retail Merchants of Hawaii; (iv) Prosecuting Attorney, or their designee, for the City and County of Honolulu; (v) Prosecuting Attorney, or their designee, for the County of Maui; (vi) Prosecuting Attorney, or their designee, for the County of Kauai; and (vii) Prosecuting Attorney, or their designee, for the County of Hawaii. (b) Appointments to the task force shall be made by the appointing authority no later than sixty days after the effective date of this Act. (c) The members of the task force shall serve without compensation. No member of the task force shall be made subject to section 84-17, solely because of that member's participation on the task force. The task force shall be exempt from chapter 92. (d) The task force shall submit a report of its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2027." 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. New statutory material is underscored. SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 3000.

Foreign-born residents include naturalized citizens, lawful noncitizens and people without lawful status. Immigration enforcement provisions concern subsets of this population and do not establish any individual’s status or change birthplace. This relationship does not establish causation. Actions after the measurement period cannot explain its earlier value.

Retained Hawaii evidence context: Residents who are foreign-born. This record’s connection to the topic does not establish an effect on the measured result.

SECTION 2. Chapter 353C, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows: "§353C- Immigration; civil immigration interviews; due process and transparency; requirements. (a) Before any civil immigration interview between a federal immigration authority and an individual in law enforcement agency custody regarding civil immigration violations may commence, the law enforcement agency shall provide the individual with a written consent form that: (1) Explains: (A) The rights afforded under the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution, including the right to remain silent and the right to have an attorney present if represented; (B) The interview is voluntary; and (C) The individual may either: (i) Decline to be interviewed; or (ii) Choose to be interviewed only with the individual's attorney present; and (2) Clearly provides a space for the individual to indicate that they: (A) Consent to the interview; (B) Consent to the interview with the individual's attorney present; or (C) Do not consent to the interview. (b) The written consent form required under subsection (a) shall be provided at no cost and shall be available in the languages that the office of language access provides translations for, including but not limited to: (1) Chinese Mandarin or Cantonese; (2) Chuukese; (3) English; (4) Ilokano; (5) Japanese; (6) Korean; (7) Olelo Hawaii; (8) Marshallese; (9) Samoan; (10) Spanish; (11) Tagalog; (12) Thai; (13) Vietnamese; and (14) Visayan; provided that other accommodations shall be made for individuals who speak languages that the office of language access cannot provide translation. The law enforcement agency shall provide the individual, the individual's attorney, or the individual's designated representative with a copy of the signed written consent form and retain a copy of each written consent form. (c) Upon request, a law enforcement agency shall provide the individual with reasonable access to a telephone and a reasonable opportunity to consult with the individual's attorney before any civil immigration interview; provided that juveniles in law enforcement agency custody shall also have a reasonable opportunity to contact a parent, guardian, or legal custodian. (d) Law enforcement agencies shall log each civil immigration interview request, including the following: (1) Date and time of the civil immigration interview request; (2) Whether the written consent form under subsection (a) was provided to the individual; (3) The language used in the written consent form; (4) Whether consent was given to a civil immigration interview; (5) If consent was given, whether counsel was present at the interview; and (6) If consent was given, the date and time of the civil immigration interview. (e) Upon receiving any immigration hold, notification, or transfer request from a federal immigration authority, a law enforcement agency shall provide a copy of the request to the individual and inform the individual whether the law enforcement agency intends to comply with the request. If a law enforcement agency provides a federal immigration authority with notification that an individual is being, or will be, released on a certain date, the law enforcement agency shall promptly provide the same notification in writing within two business days to the individual and the individual's attorney or the individual's designated representative. (f) All records relating to a federal immigration authority's access to a detained individual provided by a law enforcement agency, including all communication with the federal immigration authority, shall be public records for purposes of chapter 92F, and the exemptions provided in chapter 92F shall not apply; provided that personal identifying information of a detained individual shall be redacted before public disclosure pursuant to section 92F-13(1). Records relating to federal immigration authority access to a detained individual shall include but not be limited to: (1) Logs maintained by the law enforcement agency pursuant to subsection (d); (2) The date the federal immigration authority was provided the access; and (3) Whether the federal immigration authority's access was provided through an immigration hold, notification request, or transfer, or other means. (g) The department of the attorney general, the county prosecuting attorneys, or an agency with separate enforcement authority may receive and investigate complaints of violations of this section and issue findings and corrective orders. (h) Any person who is or was in custody and aggrieved by a violation of this section may bring an action seeking injunctive or declaratory relief and reasonable attorneys' fees against a law enforcement agency that has violated the requirements of subsection (a) or (b). (i) For the purposes of this section: "Civil immigration interview" means any interview by federal immigration authorities concerning civil immigration matters of a person in the custody of a law enforcement agency. "Federal immigration authority" means the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the United States Customs and Border Protection, or any other federal agency or component authorized to conduct civil immigration enforcement or civil immigration interviews under federal law. "Immigration hold" means an immigration detainer issued pursuant to title 8 Code of Federal Regulations section 287.7, or any similar request from federal immigration authorities for detention of an individual suspected of violating civil immigration law. "Law enforcement agency" means any agency of the State or any of its political subdivisions, or any officer or individual of those agencies, that is authorized to enforce criminal laws; operate correctional, detention, or juvenile detention facilities; or maintain custody of individuals in correctional, detention, or juvenile detention facilities. "Law enforcement agency" does not include any federal agency or its political subdivisions, or any officer or individual of those agencies." SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored. SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.