Blake C. Stacey1d ago

The last of 3 committees in the Hawaii state house of representatives just decided to *defer* their ban-teens-from-social-media bill, citing "real Constitutionality concerns", with one representative calling it "very flawed".

https://www.youtube.com/live/0Qa81c-_gT4?si=8-AcSV1jNyYtxZPf&t=12341

"Deferring a bill may allow the committee more time to consider it, gain consensus, or prepare an amended draft for the future vote by the committee. If a bill is deferred, the committee must bring the bill back for public decision-making to pass it."

https://lrb.hawaii.gov/par/overview-of-the-legislative-process/committees-the-public-hearing-process/

JHA Public Hearing - Wed Apr 1, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST

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The best single list of these things I know about that is presently public:

https://dw-advocacy.dreamwidth.org/1493.html#cutid1

Rule of thumb: if a law would affect Dreamwidth, it would affect the fediverse.

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