My staff and I would like to extend a warm invitation to my inauguration ceremony on January 2nd.

I am so grateful for your support of my candidacy for the Honolulu City Council.  I could not have been victorious had it not been for your support.  Thank you, for believing in me.
For the first time in City history, the Mayor and members of the City Council will take their oath of office together to promote unity.  It will truly be a special day.

Oath of Office 10 a.m. City Council and Mayor Caldwell
Mission Memorial Auditorium
550 South King Street
(public seating limited)

Inauguration Ceremony Noon City Council
530 South King Street 3rd Floor Chambers
(public seating limited)

Joint Mayoral and Council Reception to Follow-Food and Refreshments
(This may be the best event to attend if you would like to personally congratulate Council Members and the Mayor)

Parking:

•    LOT G, 1151 Punchbowl Street (Kalanimoku Bldg), enter from Beretania or Punchbowl st
•    LOT D, 465 S. King Street, enter from King or Punchbowl Street
•    City Civic Center, located at Alapai and Beretania Streets
•    City Joint Traffic Management Center, located at Beretania and Alapai Streets
•    State Capitol, 415 South Beretania Street, beneath the capitol
•    State Capitol Lot F, 364 S. King Street (Iolani Palace). Motorists
should enter from King Street, the driveway between Iolani Palace and the Hawaii State Library.
•    465 South King Street, Territorial Office Building (Supreme Court)
•    Parking also available across Honolulu Hale near Mission Houses Museum

Seal of the State of Hawaii

REP. KYMBERLY MARCOS PINE 
NEWS RELEASE

CYBER CRIME PACKAGE PASSES STATE LEGISLATURE

State Capitol – Honolulu, Hawai’i


Honolulu – The State Legislature has passed three groundbreaking bills to curb the growing cyber crime trend in Hawaii. The bills were the result of the cyber crime informational briefing co-chaired by Representative Kymberly Marcos Pine.

Under these bills law enforcement and prosecutors will have increased ability to charge cyber criminals with new or increased penalties.

“The cyber crime package gives new hope to victims that their perpetrators will be prosecuted,” said Representative Kymberly Pine (District 43 – Ewa Beach, Iroquois Point, Puuloa). “My hope is that Hawaii will soon be one the toughest states in the nation to be a cyber criminal.”

HB 1777 authorizes district and circuit court judges in Hawaii to order the production of records held by entities located outside of the state in all criminal cases. The intent is to help prosecutors to obtain electronic evidence that is often stored by mainland organizations. The Honolulu Prosecutor’s Office advocated for the bill, testifying that it was the most important action Hawaii could take to aid in the prosecution of cybercriminals.

HB 1788, a cybercrime omnibus bill, toughens computer crime laws by modeling language after existing identity theft laws defining computer fraud as an aggravated form of theft. It also imposes harsher penalties by raising each existing crime one grade higher. Most notably, the bill creates a new offense of Computer Fraud in the Third Degree, a class C felony. The crime would involve knowingly accessing a computer, computer system, or computer network, with intent to commit theft in the third or fourth degree.

HB 2295 expands the existing offense of Use of a Computer in the Commission of a Separate Crime to include situations where a perpetrator knowingly uses a computer to perform certain acts against a victim or intended victim of Harassment under HRS 711-1106 or Harassment by Stalking under HRS 7111106.5. The bill clarifies that the offense is also committed when the perpetrator knowingly uses a computer to pursue, surveil, contact, harass, annoy, or alarm a victim or intended victim.

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For further information contact:
 
Rep. Kymberly Marcos Pine

(808) 586-9730