HRS §347-19
Rights of blind and partially blind people
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section says that a blind or visually impaired person who does not carry a cane or use a service animal still has the same rights as anyone else in the places listed in section 347-13. Not carrying a cane or using a service animal is not proof of carelessness or fault.
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The statute, as written — Rights of blind; partially blind
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.
A blind or visually handicapped person not carrying a cane or using a service animal in any of the places, accommodations or conveyances listed in section 347-13, shall have all of the rights and privileges conferred by law upon other persons, and the failure of a blind or visually handicapped person to carry a cane or to use a service animal in any such places, accommodations, or conveyances shall not constitute nor be evidence of negligence.
Sections this one refers to
§347-13 Rights of people with disabilities in public places
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