{
  "code": "US-HI",
  "name": "Hawaii",
  "last_reviewed": "2026-07",
  "confidence": "high",
  "black_letter": "CURRENT (eff. Jan. 1, 2026): Act 298 (S.B. 1231, SLH 2025), approved July 7, 2025\u2014adopts UPA 2017 portions on assisted reproduction and surrogacy. Official text includes: a donor is not a parent of a child conceived by assisted reproduction; assisted reproduction means a method of causing pregnancy other than sexual intercourse (includes IUI/ICI, donation, IVF). PRE-REFORM: old HRS ch. 584 (UPA 1973-style). LC v. MG, 142 Hawai\u02bbi 465, 421 P.3d 207 (2018), is pre-Act 298 (marital presumption / same-sex spouses under old ch. 584)\u2014not decided under Act 298 and not a free-standing known-donor informal-AI case. Chronology: Act 298 is legislative reform after task forces (2021/2023), not a reaction to a known-donor intermediate opinion.",
  "ai_informal": "statute_protects",
  "ni": "not_recognized",
  "physician_or_clinic_for_safe_harbor": "no",
  "agreement_effect": "evidence_only",
  "key_citations": [
    {
      "label": "Act 298 (S.B. 1231, SLH 2025) \u2014 effective Jan. 1, 2026",
      "url": "/legal/opinions/US-HI-Act-298-Parentage-2025-SLH.pdf",
      "quote": "A donor is not a parent of a child conceived by assisted reproduction.",
      "official_url": "https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/sessionlaws/Years/SLH2025/SLH2025_Act298.pdf"
    },
    {
      "label": "LC v. MG, 142 Hawai\u02bbi 465, 421 P.3d 207 (2018) (pre-Act 298)",
      "url": "/legal/opinions/US-HI-Act-298-Parentage-2025-SLH.pdf",
      "official_url": "https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/sessionlaws/Years/SLH2025/SLH2025_Act298.pdf"
    }
  ],
  "emerging_law_note": "Do not cite LC v. MG as Act 298 authority. Act 298 effective Jan. 1, 2026.",
  "page": "/Pages/US/HI/hi.html",
  "region_group": "US",
  "status_badges": {
    "AI-Single": "Statute",
    "AI-Married": "Statute",
    "NI": "Banned",
    "Contract": "Unknown"
  }
}