Bill > HB2110

This bill expands existing anti-nepotism laws, which prohibit state employees from hiring, supervising, or awarding contracts to relatives or household members, to include legislators and employees of the legislative and judicial branches. Nepotism refers to the practice of favoring relatives or friends, especially by giving them jobs. The bill amends Section 84-13.2 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes to remove an exemption that previously excluded legislative and judicial employees from these restrictions. This means that legislators and their staff, as well as judges and judicial employees, will now be subject to the same rules against hiring or supervising family members or awarding contracts to businesses owned by them, with limited exceptions for ministerial acts or when proper disclosures and disqualifications are made. The bill also clarifies the definitions of "household member" and "relative" and establishes that violations can result in administrative fines and voided contracts.

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https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2110&year=2026