HRS §21D-4

Who owns legislative data and software

Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗

This section says the legislature alone owns all rights to databases it creates, including the computer software and certain data in them. It does not explain how to use or access that data.

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The statute, as written — Rights to data and system software

A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.

The legislature is the sole and exclusive owner of all rights, titles, and interests in and to legislatively-generated databases, including but not limited to all computer software and certain data.

Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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