HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1851
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018		H.D. 2
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO PORNOGRAPHY.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 712-1210, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new definition to be appropriately inserted and to read as follows:

""In loco parentis" means a situation in which a person who is a non-parent or legal guardian of a minor stands in place of a parent when:

(1) The person assumes the obligations incidental to parental relations without legally adopting the minor; or

(2) The person voluntarily performs duties that are parental in nature to generally provide for the minor."

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. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.

Report Title:

Penal Code; Obscenity; In Loco Parentis; Promoting Pornography for Minors

Description:

Defines "in loco parentis" for purposes of exemption under Hawaii's obscenity laws. (HB1851 HD2)

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