HRS §269-36
Phone number portability
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section says the state must make it possible for you to keep your phone number when you switch providers within the same area, as soon as it's practical. A neutral group will handle phone numbers and give them out fairly.
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The statute, as written — Telecommunications number portability
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 commission shall ensure that telecommunications number portability within an exchange is available, upon request, as soon as technically feasible and economically reasonable. An impartial entity shall administer telecommunications numbering and make the numbers available on an equitable basis.
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