RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.

Crime Privacy

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Sponsor: KILA, ILAGAN, KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, KUSCH, MIYAKE, POEPOE, TAKAYAMA
Last action: 2026-02-17
Official status: The committee(s) on TRN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Law Enforcement Location Privacy Act

This bill stops digital navigation apps from alerting users about the presence of law enforcement personnel or operations at specific locations.

What This Bill Does

Defines what a 'digital navigation application' is, including features like real-time guidance and traffic updates.
Outlines the meaning of 'law enforcement agency' as sheriff's offices or county police departments.
Explains that 'law enforcement operation' refers to activities by law enforcement agencies to enforce laws, prevent crime, investigate offenses, and maintain public order.
Prohibits digital navigation apps from alerting users about the presence of specific locations where law enforcement personnel are operating.
Allows digital navigation apps to notify users about traffic obstructions without mentioning police presence.

Who It Names or Affects

Digital navigation app developers and companies
Law enforcement agencies in Hawaii

Terms To Know

digital navigation application: A software program that uses GPS, maps, and routing algorithms to guide users to destinations.
law enforcement agency: Sheriff's office or county police department responsible for maintaining public safety.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify the exact penalties for violating this law.
It is unclear how this legislation will be enforced and what steps digital navigation app companies must take to comply with it.

Bill History

2026-02-17 H
The committee(s) on TRN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.
2026-02-12 H
Bill scheduled to be heard by TRN on Tuesday, 02-17-26 9:30AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2026-01-28 H
Referred to TRN, JHA, referral sheet 3
2026-01-26 H
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
2026-01-23 H
Pending introduction.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.
Digital Navigation Applications; Law Enforcement Location
Prohibits digital navigation applications from providing an alert, indication, or other type of notice to users of the presence of law enforcement personnel or a law enforcement operation at any specific location.

Current Bill Text

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HB2025

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

2025

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2026

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating
to law enforcement
.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

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SECTION
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The Hawaii Revised Statutes is
amended by adding a new chapter to be appropriately designated and to read as
follows:

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Chapter

Digital navigation applications

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Definitions.
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As used in this chapter:

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"Digital
navigation application" means a software application using the Global
Positioning System, digital maps, and routing algorithms to provide real-time,
turn-by-turn guidance for users to find locations and optimize routes, and may
include features like traffic updates and estimated time of arrival.

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"Law
enforcement agency" means the sheriff's office or a county police
department.

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"Law
enforcement operation" means the set of activities by law enforcement
agencies to enforce laws, prevent crime, investigate offenses, and maintain
public order.

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Prohibited indication of law enforcement
location.
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(a)
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No digital navigation application shall
provide an alert, indication, or other type of notice to users of the presence
of law enforcement personnel or a law enforcement operation at any specific
location.

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(b)
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Nothing in this section shall be construed to
prohibit a digital navigation application from alerting, indicating, or
otherwise notifying users of an obstruction to traffic so long as there is no alert,
indication, or other type of notice to users of the presence of law enforcement
personnel or law enforcement operation at the location of the obstruction.

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(c)
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Nothing in this section shall be construed to
prohibit the identification of law enforcement facilities, including police
stations, on the digital navigation application's map.

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Injunction; penalty.
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(a)
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The
attorney general or a county attorney may apply to the circuit court in the
county in which a violation of section -2 occurs for relief,
and the court may issue a temporary injunction or a permanent injunction to
restrain violations of section -2.

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(b)
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Any digital navigation application violating
an injunctive order to cease and desist from violating section

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2 shall be fined by a sum of no more than
$ , which sum shall
be collected in a civil action brought by the attorney general or a county
attorney.
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Each separate violation of any
such order shall be a separate offense, except that in the case of a violation
through continuing failure or neglect to obey a final order of the court, each
day of continuance of such failure shall constitute a separate offense."

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SECTION 2.
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This Act shall take effect on October 1,
2026.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Digital
Navigation Applications; Law Enforcement Location

Description:

Prohibits
digital navigation applications from providing an alert, indication, or other
type of notice to users of the presence of law enforcement personnel or a law
enforcement operation at any specific location.

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