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HRS §84-42

Ethics training required for state officials and employees

This section requires certain state officials and all other state employees to complete ethics training. Officials must take a live course, while other employees can take a live or online course. Training must be done within 90 days of starting the job and then every 4 years.

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The statute, as written — Mandatory ethics training course

(a) Legislators, members of the board of education, trustees of the office of Hawaiian affairs, the governor, the lieutenant governor, executive department heads and deputies, and every other person whose financial disclosure statement is a public record pursuant to section 84-17(d) shall complete a live ethics training course administered by the state ethics commission within ninety days of taking office and at least once every four years thereafter. (b) All other employees shall complete either a live or an online ethics training course developed pursuant to section 84-43(c) and administered by the state ethics commission within ninety days of becoming an employee and at least once every four years thereafter.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

Sections this one refers to

§84-17 Financial disclosure requirements

§84-43 How ethics training courses are set up and run

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