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HB 2295, signed into law June 28, 2012: adds harassment by electronic means to previous harassment laws HRS 711-1106 or Harassment by Stalking under HRS 711‑1106.5

http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2012/bills/GM1295_.PDF

H.B. 688 (Signed July 11, 2011): http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2011/Bills/HB688_.HTM.  Includes cyberbully­ing.

SB2094.DOC: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2010/bills/SB2094_.HTM. If any child of school age engages in bullying or cyberbullying, the child, and the father, mother, or legal guardian, shall be fined not more than $100 for each separate offense.

Haw. Code R. § 8-89-2

“Cyberbullying” means electronically transmitted acts, including but not limited to those transmitted through the Internet, cell phone, or other wireless hand-held device, that an employee, a volunteer, or a third party exhibits toward a student(s), that hurts, hanns, humiliates, or intimidates the student(s); and is sufficiently severe, persistent, or pervasive, that it creates an intimidating, threatening, or abusive educational environment. Cyberbullying can occur:

(1) On campus, or other department premises, on department transportation, or during a department sponsored activity or event on or off school property;

Criminal electronic harassment: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/vol14_ch0701-0853/hrs0711/hrs_0711-1106.htm