SB2058 • 2026

RELATING TO SAFE COMMUNITIES.

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Sponsor: KEOHOKALOLE, CHANG, FUKUNAGA, HASHIMOTO, RHOADS, RICHARDS, SAN BUENAVENTURA, Ihara
Last action: 2026-01-28
Official status: Re-Referred to PSM/EIG, JDC/WAM.
Effective date: Not listed

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RELATING TO SAFE COMMUNITIES.

What This Bill Does

RELATING TO SAFE COMMUNITIES.
Safe Community Places; Voluntary Consent; Law Enforcement; First Amendment; Immigration Enforcement Requires the Attorney General to designate safe community places.
Prohibits employees at safe community places from providing voluntary consent to federal law enforcement agents for operations that identify or seek to identify apprehend, arrest, or impose any other penalty for activities protected by the First Amendment or immigration enforcement.

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Bill History

2026-01-28 S
Re-Referred to PSM/EIG, JDC/WAM.
2026-01-22 S
Referred to GVO/EIG, JDC/WAM.
2026-01-21 S
Introduced and passed First Reading.
2026-01-14 S
Pending Introduction.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO SAFE COMMUNITIES.
Safe Community Places; Voluntary Consent; Law Enforcement; First Amendment; Immigration Enforcement
Requires the Attorney General to designate safe community places. Prohibits employees at safe community places from providing voluntary consent to federal law enforcement agents for operations that identify or seek to identify apprehend, arrest, or impose any other penalty for activities protected by the First Amendment or immigration enforcement.

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SB2058

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

2058

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2026

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating
to safe communities
.

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

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SECTION 1.
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Chapter 28,
Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately
designated and to read as follows:

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Safe
community places.
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(a)
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The attorney general shall designate facilities operated by the State to
serve as safe community places, including all:

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(1)
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Hospitals
and other facilities that provide health care services;

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(2)
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Schools
and pre-schools;

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(3)
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Libraries;

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Disaster
and emergency response sites;

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Courthouses;

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Homeless
shelters, rape crisis centers, domestic violence shelters, family justice
centers, and human trafficking service providers;

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(7)
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Legal
service providers;

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Park
and recreation centers;

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Community
resource centers; and

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(10)
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Other
locations designated by the attorney general.

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(b)
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No employee or agent acting on behalf of a safe community place shall
provide voluntary consent for federal law enforcement agents to enter a
nonpublic area of the facility for operations that identify or seek to
identify, apprehend, arrest, or impose any other civil or criminal penalty for:

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(1)
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Activities
protected by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, including
rights to free speech and press, peaceable assembly, and petition the
government for a redress of grievances; or

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Immigration
enforcement.

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(c)
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This section shall not prevent an employee or agent acting on behalf of
a safe community place from complying with a valid judicial warrant.
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SECTION 2.
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New statutory material is underscored.

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SECTION 3.
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This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Safe
Community Places; Voluntary Consent; Law Enforcement; First Amendment;
Immigration Enforcement

Description:

Requires the
Attorney General to designate safe community places.
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Prohibits employees at safe community places from
providing voluntary consent to federal law enforcement agents for operations
that identify or seek to identify apprehend, arrest, or impose any other
penalty for activities protected by the First Amendment or immigration
enforcement.

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