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April 28\, 2026 at 11:30am Meeting to be Held Remotely via Zo om.

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Remote Meeting < /span>Link for April 28\, 2026 Meeting at 11:30am:

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Join Zo om Meeting

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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/434 9599058?pwd=VlpKZDVmZ3MzYit5clJQTE1VekhOdz09&\;omn=89828929331

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Meeting ID: 434 959 9058

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Passcode: dER5Xy

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Physical Meeting < /strong>Location:

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Princess Ru th Keʻelikōlani Building

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830 Punchbowl Street\, Room 411

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No board members will be< span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt\;"> present.

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Upon request\, a testifier can be made visible to Board members and oth er meeting participants using e ither the remote meeting link above or a t the physical meeting location.

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Instructions to attend State of Hawaii< /span> Virtual Board meetings via Zoom:

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1. \;&nb sp\; \; Call to Order

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2. \; \;&n bsp\; Approval of minutes of the March 24\, 2026 Commission Meeting

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3. \; \; \; Executive Director&rsquo\;s Report

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a. \; \; \; Mediation: Hawai&lsquo\;i Civil Rights Commission&rsquo\;s Mediation Program Year-t o-Date Summary

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b.  \; \; \; D ata and Production regarding Hawai&lsquo\;i Civil Rights Commission&rsqu o\;s Caseload Data\, Comparison by Year\, Age of Filed Cases\, Year-to-Date Data

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c. \; \; \; Public responses\, if any\, to HCRC data and production report

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4. \; \; \; Chief Counsel&rsquo\;s Report

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a . \; \; \; Marcus L. Kawatachi\, Executive Direc tor\, on behalf of the complaint filed by BRANDIE AND GREGORY PAYNE v. P EARY G. WAGNER\; Dkt. No. 25-001-H-F

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b. \; \; \; MARCUS KAWATACHI\, as Executive Director of the Hawaiʻ i Civil Rights Commission\, on behalf of the Complaint filed by SHANNEL E. DIEDERIKS vs. Aliʻi Builders\, LLC\; Dkt. No. 25-002-E-SH- RET

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c. \; \; \; MARCUS L. KAWATACHI\, Executive Director\, on behalf of t he complaint filed by FABIOLA DIAS v. EVAN YUTAKA K. MASUNAGA and KRISTI N YURI MASUNAGA\, Dkt. No. 25-004-H-S-RET

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5. \; \; \; 2026 Legislative Session Updates\, 2026 Bills r elating to civil rights (Senate Bills (&ldquo\;SB&rdquo\;) and House Bil ls (&ldquo\;HB&rdquo\;) Senate Concurrent Resolution (&ldquo\;SCR&rdquo\ ;) Senate Resolution (&ldquo\;SR&rdquo\;) House Concurrent Resolution (& ldquo\;HCR&rdquo\;))

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a. \;&nbs p\; \; SCR 184/HCR192/S R165: Hawaiʻi Civil Rights Commission\; Civil Rights\ ; Anti-Discrimination\; Algorithmic Decision Making\; Automated Decision Making\; Report. Requesting the Hawai&lsquo\;i Civil Rights Commission to examine the applicability of existing state anti-discrimination laws to algorithmic and automated decision systems.

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b. \; \; \; SCR 11: \; Federal Equality Act\; Sex\; Sexual Orien tation and Gender Identity. Requesting that the federal Civil Rights Law be amended to include protections for sex\, sexual orientation\, and ge nder identity in employment\, housing\, and public accommodations.

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c. \; \; \; SB2727: Hawaiʻi Civil Rights Commission\; Ant i-discrimination\; Statute of Limitations. Lengthens the statute of limi tations to file a complaint of discrimination with the Hawaiʻi Civil Rig hts Commission to one year.

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d.  \; \; \; SB2438: Hawai&lsquo\;i Constitutional Civil Rights Protection A ct. Establishes a civil cause of a ction for interference with constitutional and statutory rights through threats\, intimidation\, or coercion. Authorizes private rights of actio n. Authorizes actions to be brought by the Attorney General\, County Cor poration Counsel\, or County Attorney. \;

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e. \; \; \; SB2386: Required posting of salary ranges in job listings to clarify definition of covered employee and removes exemp tion for employers with under 50 employees

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f. \; \; \; \; HB1878: Prohibits discrimination based o n: (1) The perception that a person possesses certain characteristics\; (2) The perception that a person is associated with a person who possess es\, or is perceived to possess\, certain characteristics\; or (3) The i ntersection or combination of two or more specified characteristics in r elation to a person.

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g. \;  \; \; SB2852: Discrimination in Public Accommodations\; Persons with Disabil ities\; Discriminatory Practices\; Places of Public Accommodation. Estab lishes it as an unlawful discriminatory practice for a place of public a ccommodation to deny a person with a disability full and equal enjoyment of information related to their services\, facilities\, privileges\, ad vantages\, or accommodations by requiring use of information and communi cation technology that is not accessible to the person.

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< !-- [if !supportLists]-->6.&nbs p\; \; \; Recruitment for Depu ty Executive Director Position

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a.&n bsp\; \; \; Status of recruitm ent

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b. \; \; \; Questions and staff answers about recruitment and selection

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7. \; \; \; Hawaiʻi Civil Rights Commission (HCRC) General Discussion

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a. \; \; \; Structure\, Function\, and Duties of HCRC

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8. \ ; \; \; Announcements

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< span style="font-size: 12.0pt\; mso-bidi-font-style: italic\;">a.  \; \; \; Farewell to Commissioner Nichols and many thanks and appreciatio n for his work on the Commission

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b.&nbs p\; \; \; Next Commission Meeting Dates (May Meeting TBD)

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If you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability\, cont act Constance Yonashiro at (808) 586-8642 or constance.m.yonashiro@hawaii.gov .  \; Requests made as early as possible will allow more time to fulfill your request if possible.

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Testimony can be submitted via e-mail to DLIR.HCRC.INFOR@hawaii.gov. \; TESTIMONY in the title\, or mailed to Hawai&lsquo\;i Civil Rights Commission\, 830 Punchbowl Stre et\, Room 411\, Honolulu\, HI 96813. Oral testimony will also be accepte d.

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Board packets\, if prepared\, will be available pursu ant to H.R.S. §\; 92-7.5 and posted to the HCRC website under commis sion agendas.

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If the remote connection (via Zoom) is los t\, the meeting will be recessed for up to thirty (30) minutes to restor e communication. If the connection is lost\, we will attempt to restart the meeting again with the same link. If the Commission can reestablish audio communication only\, the meeting will be reconvened and continue. If the Commission is unable to reconvene the meeting because neither aud iovisual communication nor audio communication can be reestablished with in thirty minutes\, the meeting will be automatically terminated.

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If you have trouble entering the meeting\, please cont act Sandy at (808) 586-8659.

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April 28\, 2026 at 11:30am Meeting to be Held Remotely via Zoom.

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Remote Meeting Link for April 28\, 2026 Meeting at 11:30am:

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Join Zoom Meeting

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https://us02 web.zoom.us/j/4349599058?pwd=VlpKZDVmZ3MzYit5clJQTE1VekhOdz09&\;omn=8 9828929331

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Meeting ID: 434 959 9058

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Passcode: dER5Xy

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Physical Meeting L ocation: < /p>\n

Princess Ruth Keʻelikōlani Building

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830 Punchbowl Street\, Room 411

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No board members will be present.

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Upon request\, a testifier can be made visible to Board members and other meetin g participants using either the< span style="letter-spacing: .05pt\;"> remote meeting link above or at the physical meeting location.

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Instructions to attend State of Hawaii Virtual Board< strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\;"> mee tings via Zoom:

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https://labor. hawaii.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/State-of-Hawaii-Virtual-Board-Atte ndee- Instructions.pdf

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1. \; \; \; Call to Order

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2. \; \; \; Approval of minutes of the Ma rch 24\, 2026 Commission Me eting

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3. \; \; \; Executive Director&rsquo\;s Report

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a. \;  \; \; Mediation: Hawai&lsquo\;i Civil Rights Commission&rsquo\; s Mediation Program Year-to-Date Sum mary

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b. \; \; \; Data and Production regarding Hawai&lsquo\;i Civil Right s Commission&rsquo\;s Casel oad Data\, Comparison by Year\, Age of F iled Cases\, Year-to-Date Data

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c. \; \;& nbsp\; Public resp onses\, if any\, to HCRC data and production report

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4. \; \;& nbsp\; Chief Counsel&rsquo\;s Report

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a. \;& nbsp\; \; Marcus L. Kawatachi\ , Executive Director\, on behalf of the complaint filed by BRANDIE AND G REGORY PAYNE v. PEARY G. WAGNER\; Dkt. No. 25-001-H-F< /p>\n

Hearing held: January 30\, 2026\, extended to February 24\, 20 26 for additional memoranda

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b . \; \; \; MARCUS KAWATACHI\, as Executive Direc tor of the Hawaiʻi Civil Rights Commission\, on behalf of the Complaint filed by SHANNEL E. DIEDERIKS vs. Aliʻi Builders\, LLC\; Dkt. No. 25-002-E-SH-RET

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c. \; \; \; MARCUS L. KAWATACHI\, Executive Director \, on behalf of the complaint filed by FABIOLA DIAS v. EVAN YUTAKA K. MA SUNAGA and KRISTIN YURI MASUNAGA\, Dkt. No. 25-004-H-S-RET

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5. \; \;  \; 2026 Legislative Session Updat es\, 2026 Bills relating to civil rights (Senate Bills (&ldquo\;SB&rdquo \;) and House Bills (&ldquo\;HB&rdquo\;) Senate Concurrent Resolution (& ldquo\;SCR&rdquo\;) Senate Resolution (&ldquo\;SR&rdquo\;) House Concurr ent Resolution (&ldquo\;HCR&rdquo\;))

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a. \; \; \; < u>SCR 184/HCR192/SR165: Hawaiʻi Civil Rights Commissio n\; Civil Rights\; Anti-Discrimination\; Algorithmic Decision Making\; A utomated Decision Making\; Report. Requesting the Hawai&lsquo\;i Civil R ights Commission to examine the applicability of existing state anti-dis crimination laws to algorithmic and automated decision systems.\n

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b. \; \; \; SCR 11: \; Federal Equality Act\; S ex\; Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity. Requesting that the federal Civil Rights Law be amended to include protections for sex\, sexual ori entation\, and gender identity in employment\, housing\, and public acco mmodations.

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c. \; \; \; SB2727: Hawaiʻi Civil Rights Commission\; Anti-discrimination\; Statute of Limitations. Lengthens th e statute of limitations to file a complaint of discrimination with the Hawaiʻi Civil Rights Commission to one year.

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d. \; \; \; SB2438: Hawai&lsquo\;i Constitutional Civil Ri ghts Protection Act. Establishes a civil cause of action for interference with constitutional and statutor y rights through threats\, intimidation\, or coercion. Authorizes privat e rights of action. Authorizes actions to be brought by the Attorney Gen eral\, County Corporation Counsel\, or County Attorney. \;

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e. \; \; \; SB2386: Required posting of salary ranges in job listings to clarify definition of covered employee and removes exemption for employers with under 50 employees

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f. \; \; \; \; < /span>HB1878: Prohibits discr imination based on: (1) The perception that a person possesses certain c haracteristics\; (2) The perception that a person is associated with a p erson who possesses\, or is perceived to possess\, certain characteristi cs\; or (3) The intersection or combination of two or more specified cha racteristics in relation to a person.

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g. \; \; \; SB2852: Discrimination in Public Accommodations\; Per sons with Disabilities\; Discriminatory Practices\; Places of Public Acc ommodation. Establishes it as an unlawful discriminatory practice for a place of public accommodation to deny a person with a disability full an d equal enjoyment of information related to their services\, facilities\ , privileges\, advantages\, or accommodations by requiring use of inform ation and communication technology that is not accessible to the person.

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6. \; \; \; Rec ruitment for Deputy Executive Director Position

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a. \; \; \; S tatus of recruitment

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b. \;  \; \; Questions and staff answers about recruitment and selection

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7. \; \; \; Hawaiʻi Civil Rights Commission (HCRC) Genera l Discussion

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a. \; \; \; Structure\, Function\, and Duties of H CRC

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b. \; \; \; Frequently Asked Questions and Staff Responses< /span>

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8. \; \; \; Annou ncements

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a. \; \; \; b. \; \; \; Next Commission Meeting Dates (May Meeting TBD)

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If you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability\, contact Constance Yonashiro at (808) 586-8642 or constance.m.yonashiro@hawa ii.gov. \; Reques ts made as early as possible will allow more time to fulfill your reques t if possible.

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Testimony can be submitted via e-mail to DLIR.HCRC.INFOR@hawaii .gov. \; TESTIMON Y in the title\, or mailed to Hawai&lsquo\;i Civil Rights Commission\, 8 30 Punchbowl Street\, Room 411\, Honolulu\, HI 96813. Oral testimony wil l also be accepted.

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Board packets\, if prepared\, will b e available pursuant to H.R.S. §\; 92-7.5 and posted to the HCRC web site under commission agendas.

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If the remote connection (via Zoom) is lost\, the meeting will be recessed for up to thirty (30) minutes to restore communication. If the connection is lost\, we will at tempt to restart the meeting again with the same link. If the Commission can reestablish audio communication only\, the meeting will be reconven ed and continue. If the Commission is unable to reconvene the meeting be cause neither audiovisual communication nor audio communication can be r eestablished within thirty minutes\, the meeting will be automatically t erminated.

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If you have trouble entering the meet ing\, please contact Sandy at (808) 586-8659.

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