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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H.B. NO. 472 THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025 H.D. 1 STATE OF HAWAII S.D. 2 C.D. 1 A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DIGITAL IDENTIFICATION. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII: SECTION 1. Section 286-116, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: "(a) Every licensee shall have a valid driver's license in the licensee's immediate possession at all times, and a valid motor vehicle or liability insurance identification card applicable to the motor vehicle operated as required under [section] sections 431:10C-107 and [section] 431:10G-106, when operating a motor vehicle, and shall display the same upon demand of a [police] law enforcement officer. Every [police officer or] law enforcement officer when stopping a vehicle or inspecting a vehicle for any reason shall demand that the driver or owner display the driver's or owner's driver's license and insurance identification card. Upon demand, the driver or owner may display [the]: (1) A mobile driver's license; provided that the officer has the device capability to verify the mobile driver's license; or (2) The driver's or owner's electronic motor vehicle insurance identification card, on a mobile electronic device, as defined in section 291C-137. For the purposes of this section, when a person uses a mobile electronic device to display [an] a mobile driver's license or electronic motor vehicle insurance identification card to a [police officer or] law enforcement officer, the officer may only view the mobile driver's license or electronic motor vehicle insurance identification card and shall be otherwise prohibited from viewing any other content on the mobile electronic device. Whenever a person presents a mobile electronic device pursuant to this section, that person assumes all liability for any damage to the mobile electronic device. No person charged with violating this section shall be convicted if the person produces in court, or proves from the proper official or other records, that the person was the holder of a driver's license or a motor vehicle or liability insurance identification card and policy conforming to [article] articles 10C and [article] 10G of chapter 431 or a certificate of self-insurance issued by the insurance commissioner pursuant to [section] sections 431:10C-107 and [section] 431:10G-103, theretofore issued to the person and valid at the time of the person's arrest." SECTION 2. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date. SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored. SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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