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Hawaii H.B. 2500 (33rd Legislature, 2026) creates a new chapter in the Hawaii Revised Statutes governing algorithmic decision systems and generative AI. Beginning January 1, 2027, Section -2 requires developers of algorithmic decision systems to provide deployers with risk analyses, mitigation steps, descriptions of intended uses, and all information needed for the deployer to comply with the chapter. Section -3 requires deployers to give affected individuals plain-language notice before using an algorithmic decision system in high-stakes decisions—covering education, employment, financial services, essential government services, health care, housing, insurance, and legal services—and, within 30 days after deployment, to disclose the personal characteristics analyzed and the top 20 factors that influenced the system's output. Section -4 grants individuals the right to access and correct personal data used by an algorithmic decision system, with deployers and developers required to create accessible correction procedures. Section -5 requires anyone deploying a generative AI system that interacts with individuals to disclose that fact to each user. Section -6 establishes joint and several liability for developers and deployers when a deployer's use of the system facilitates a legal violation, unless the developer can show the deployer misused the system in an unforeseeable or specifically prohibited way. Section -7 classifies violations as unfair or deceptive trade practices under section 480-2, with no private right of action created, and preserves all other existing legal rights and remedies. Section -8 directs the attorney general to adopt rules under chapter 91 to implement and enforce the chapter.

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