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HRS §84-12

Confidential information

This law stops legislators and government employees from sharing or using secret information they learn at work. It also bans using that information for personal gain. There is one exception: a person representing a group on a task force can share information with that group.

employees

The statute, as written — Confidential information

No legislator or employee shall disclose information which by law or practice is not available to the public and which the legislator or employee acquires in the course of the legislator's or employee's official duties, or use the information for the legislator's or employee's personal gain or for the benefit of anyone; provided that this section shall not preclude a person who serves as the designee or representative of an entity that is a member of a task force from disclosing information to the entity which the person acquires as the entity's designee or representative.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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