SB 1255 SD1

Hawaii Senate bill in Session 2026.

Status: failed. Latest action: February 26, 2025.

UIPA; Transparency; Government Records; Government Function Contracts; Contractors; Record Retention and Access Requirements; Public Access.

Bill ID HI-2026-SB-1255
Session 2026
Status failed
Committee GVO, JDC
Senate failed 2025-02-26
Summary

Amends the Uniform Information Practices Act to require each contract to perform a government function to expressly require the contractor to retain records in accordance with the retention schedule of the agency and provide the agency with access to all records subject to the Uniform Information Practices Act; define "government function"" and ""trade secret""; clarify that ""government record"" includes information that is created, received, maintained, or used by a private person in performance of a government function contract; and prohibit agencies from denying a request for access to records of a contractor used in the performance of a government function on the basis of trade secret or other proprietary information. Effective 1/1/2491. (SD1)"

Sponsor
Donna Mercado Kim
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Actions Timeline
Date Event Detail
0000-00-00 Introduced Bill introduced
2025-02-26 Status failed
2025-02-26 Latest Action The committee on JDC deferred the measure.
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