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    {
      "id": "learn_r6648_hawaii_age_verification_laws_hawaii_statutes_index",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Hawaii: statutory code index",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The Legislative Reference Bureau (LRB) provides official research services, statute revision, and publication for the State of Hawaii.",
      "body": "The Legislative Reference Bureau (LRB) provides official research services, statute revision, and publication for the State of Hawaii.\n\nWhat Legislative Reference Bureau actually says:\n\n“The Revision of Statutes Division annually publishes the Session Laws of Hawaii and supplements to the Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS). The Division publishes replacement volumes to the Hawaii Revised Statutes as needed.”\n\nNote: Anchor record for Hawaii law. Official statute compilation portal capitol.hawaii.gov is currently inaccessible (403 forbidden), preventing direct retrieval of specific age-verification statute sections.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://lrb.hawaii.gov/statute-revision/",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-15",
      "reliability": "STRONG PRACTICE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Legislative Reference Bureau",
      "evidence_quote": "The Revision of Statutes Division annually publishes the Session Laws of Hawaii and supplements to the Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS). The Division publishes replacement volumes to the Hawaii Revised Statutes as needed.",
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      "topic": "statutory code index",
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      "verification": {
        "status": "failed",
        "label": "Unverified - being checked",
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    {
      "id": "learn_r6648_hawaii_age_verification_laws_hawaii_no_age_verification_statute_search",
      "category": "Safety",
      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Hawaii: age-verification statute search",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] No specific age-verification statute for age-restricted content providers was located in the readily accessible official state documents.",
      "body": "No specific age-verification statute for age-restricted content providers was located in the readily accessible official state documents.\n\nWhat Department of the Attorney General actually says:\n\n“Act 190, Session Laws of Hawaii 2026 (from House Bill 1573, Relating to Health)\nAct 189, Session Laws of Hawaii 2026 (from Senate Bill 2175, Relating to Disposable Electronic Smoking Devices)\nAct 229, Session Laws of Hawaii 2026 (from Senate Bill 3076, Relating to Tobacco Enforcement)”\n\nNote: Searched official AG Tobacco Enforcement and CJD pages for 'age verification' laws. While recent laws (Act 190, 189, 229 of 2026) regulate ESD and tobacco retail conditions, no general online-content age-verification statute was indexed or cited on these official pages.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://ag.hawaii.gov/cjd/tobacco-enforcement-unit/notice-of-new-laws-re-electronic-smoking-devices-and-e-liquids/",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-15",
      "reliability": "CREATOR STRATEGY",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Department of the Attorney General",
      "evidence_quote": "Act 190, Session Laws of Hawaii 2026 (from House Bill 1573, Relating to Health)\nAct 189, Session Laws of Hawaii 2026 (from Senate Bill 2175, Relating to Disposable Electronic Smoking Devices)\nAct 229, Session Laws of Hawaii 2026 (from Senate Bill 3076, Relating to Tobacco Enforcement)",
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