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Hawaii Supreme Court Committee on Artificial Intelligence and the Courts: Final Report (SCMF-24-0000305)

Supreme Court of Hawaii, Committee on Artificial Intelligence and the Courts · Hawaii

last revised 2025-12-16last verified 2026-09-041 versioncountry page →

ReportProposedDisclosureVerification duty

map categories:Disclosure of AI use in filingsJudges' use of AICourts' own AI deploymentDuty to verify AI output

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Hawaii's judiciary studied AI for eighteen months and concluded HRCP Rule 11 already covers AI abuse, while recommending the Supreme Court consider a federal-style AI disclosure declaration for state-court filings. The committee separately adopted internal guardrails for judiciary use of AI tools.

Applies to
judges, court-staff, lawyers, litigants
Effective
See version history
Current version
Final Report · 16 Dec 2025
Last verified
04 Sept 2026
Official text
www.courts.state.hi.us/

What the document requires

  • Existing rules including HRCP Rule 11 are broad enough to provide adequate safeguards against AI abuse in state-court filings
  • The Court should consider adopting a disclosure rule mirroring D. Haw. General Order 23-1
  • Under the proposed rule an AI-assisted filing would be accompanied by a declaration confirming AI use and that all cited authorities have been verified
  • The committee adopted Hawaii State Judiciary Guardrails for the Acceptable Use of AI Tools and Platforms for judges and staff
  • Advisory only; no implementing Supreme Court order as of September 2026

Version history

VersionDateWhat changedSource
Final Reportcurrent2025-12-16Filed in SCMF-24-0000305official

Sources

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SafeLegalAI Legal AI Regulation Tracker, "Hawaii Supreme Court Committee on Artificial Intelligence and the Courts: Final Report (SCMF-24-0000305)" (Supreme Court of Hawaii, Committee on Artificial Intelligence and the Courts, Final Report, 2025-12-16), safelegalai.com/regulation/us-state/us-hi-supreme-court-ai-committee-final-report (accessed 2026-09-04). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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