The State Office of Information Practices (OIP) issued eight informal opinions since the start of fiscal year 2025. The summaries of all these opinions can be accessed through the Opinions Page at oip.hawaii.gov and by clicking the links below. S Memo 25-01: The Board of Education (BOE) did not violate the Sunshine Law when it edited a ...
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What’s New
The Office of Information Practices (OIP) has updated its Sunshine Law training materials to reflect these new laws: Act 011 (HB1598, HD1, SD2) which amended the Sunshine Law’s board packet provision. Act 012 (HB1599, HD1, SD2), which takes effect on January 1, 2025, and requires a board holding a remote meeting to always give remote ...
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The Office of Information Practices (OIP) would like to remind agencies who have not already submitted their FY 2024 UIPA Record Request Logs and FY 2024 Checklist that they were due to OIP from the agency’s Log Coordinator on July 31, 2024. Forms, instructions, and other training materials are available on the UIPA Record Request ...
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Governor Josh Green recently signed two bills amending the Sunshine Law into law, both of which became effective immediately. Act 160 (HB 1597, HD1, SD1) aligns the court enforcement provisions of the Sunshine Law with those provided under Hawaii’s public records law – the Uniform Information Practices Act (Modified), chapter 92F, HRS. Specifically, Act 160 (1) clarifies ...
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The State Office of Information Practices (OIP) issued two formal opinions and four informal opinions before the end of the 2024 fiscal year. The formal opinions and summaries of all these opinions can be accessed through the Opinions Page at oip.hawaii.gov and by clicking the links below. OIP Op. Ltr. No. F24-06: A requester sought ...
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With the end of FY 2024, it is time for all Hawaii State and county agencies to start a new UIPA Record Request Log for FY 2025. The Office of Information Practices (OIP) would like to remind agencies to close out their FY 2024 Log and start a new FY 2025 Log for record requests ...
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Governor Josh Green recently signed three bills amending the Sunshine Law into law, with two effective immediately and one effective on January 1, 2025. Act 011 (HB1598, HD1, SD2), which has already gone into effect, amended the Sunshine Law’s board packet provision. When a board distributes materials to the board members before a meeting for ...
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The State Office of Information Practices (OIP) issued five written opinions in March and updated the searchable subject matter indices for Uniform Information Practices Act (UIPA) and Sunshine Law cases, as well as the list of OIP’s formal opinion letters. They can be accessed through the Opinions page at oip.hawaii.gov. In OIP Op. Ltr. No. ...
Read More OIP ISSUES FIVE NEW OPINIONS AND UPDATES OPINION SEARCH MATERIALS
The Director of the State Office of Information Practices (OIP) will be retiring from OIP at the end of March 2024. Supervising Staff Attorney Carlotta Amerino will become OIP’s Acting Director in April. Cheryl Kakazu Park is OIP’s longest-serving Director, having been initially appointed by Governor Neil Abercrombie in April 2011 and reappointed by Governor ...
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Now that we are halfway through the 2024 legislative session, the State Office of Information Practices (OIP) is providing this update of Sunshine Law and UIPA bills that have survived and crossed over to the other chamber. Direct links to the bills are provided from the Legislature’s website at https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/. SUNSHINE LAW BILLS: HB 1597, ...
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