HRS §84-2
Who this ethics law covers
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This law applies to all state officers, employees, and candidates for state office or the constitutional convention, but not to judges. For convention delegates and staff, it only applies to enforcing the convention's own ethics code.
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The statute, as written — Applicability
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.
This chapter shall apply to every nominated, appointed, or elected officer, employee, and candidate to elected office of the State and for election to the constitutional convention, but excluding justices and judges; provided that in the case of elected delegates and employees of the constitutional convention, this chapter shall apply only to the enforcement and administration of the code of ethics adopted by the constitutional convention.
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