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Haw. Rev. Stat. § 84-42 (2026)

  Mandatory ethics training course

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     §84-42  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. [L 2004, c 198, pt of §1; am L 2022, c 165, §2]

 

 

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Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2025–2025 · leading case: Akana v. Hawai'i State Ethics Comm'n. ICA mem. op., filed 01/22/2024 [ada], 153 Haw. 523. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 04/16/2024. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 06/10/2024 [ada]. (Haw. 2025).
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Akana v. Hawai'i State Ethics Comm'n. ICA mem. op., filed 01/22/2024 [ada], 153 Haw. 523. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 04/16/2024. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 06/10/2024 [ada]. (Haw. 2025). · cites it 8× “HRS § 84-42 (Supp. 2024) (mandating the Commission conduct live ethics trainings for certain state 1 The 1978 amendments to article XIV also specified the minimum components that ethics codes must include, including provisions related to “gifts, confidential information, use of…”
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Akana v. Hawai'i State Ethics Comm'n. ICA mem. op., filed 01/22/2024 [ada], 153 Haw. 523. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 04/16/2024. S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 06/10/2024 [ada]. (Haw. 2025). “HRS § 84-42 (Supp. 2024) (mandating the Commission conduct live ethics trainings for certain state 1 The 1978 amendments to article XIV also specified the minimum components that ethics codes must include, including provisions related to “gifts, confidential information, use of…”
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