{"data":{"id":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-712-1215","jurisdiction":"us-hi","citation":"Haw. Rev. Stat. § 712-1215","heading":"Promoting pornography for minors.","body":"(1) A person commits the offense of promoting pornography for minors if:\n\n(a) Knowing its character and content, the person disseminates to a minor material that is pornographic for minors;\n\n(b) Knowing its character and content, the person disseminates material that is pornographic for minors to a law enforcement officer who represents that officer's self as a minor; or\n\n(c) Knowing the character and content of a motion picture film or other performance that, in whole or in part, is pornographic for minors, the person:\n\n(i) Exhibits the motion picture film or other performance to a minor;\n\n(ii) Sells to a minor an admission ticket or pass to premises where there is exhibited or to be exhibited the motion picture film or other performance; or\n\n(iii) Admits a minor to premises where there is exhibited or to be exhibited the motion picture film or other performance.\n\n(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a parent or legal guardian of the minor or to a sibling of the minor, or to a person who commits any act specified therein in the person's capacity and within the scope of the person's employment as a member of the staff of any public library.\n\n(3) Promoting pornography for minors is a class C felony. [L 1972, c 9, pt of §1; am L 1974, c 190, §1; am L 1988, c 283, §1; gen ch 1993; am L 2000, c 21, §2; am L 2018, c 96, §1; am L 2024, c 244, §2]\n\nRevision Note\n\nIn subsection (1)(b)(i), \"or\" deleted pursuant to §23G-15.","path":["HI Code","Division 5","Title 37","Chapter 712"],"source_url":"http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol14_Ch0701-0853/HRS0712/HRS_0712-1215.htm","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:11Z","sha256":"958d317ae887f9bf631a1b30e4ad825dc66e32cd943befd3bbfe72267d7eb375","source_id":"us-hi","stale":false,"prev":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-712-1214","next":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-712-1215.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}