HB2231 sets a statewide goal for each law-enforcement agency to increase the employment of female officers to 30% by 2030. This benchmark is based on each agency's percentage of female officers as of January 1, 2023. The law also mandates that agencies actively recruit from diverse backgrounds, including schools of social work, to enhance diversity within the force.
The Hawaii State House of Representatives passed HB2231 on April 17, 2024 by a vote of 45 to 3. We have assigned pluses to the nays because this bill advances the DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) agenda—a modern extension of Marxist efforts to undermine the American system through institutional subversion. By prioritizing identity quotas over merit, such policies erode individual rights, foster division, and enable the rise of state-enforced conformity. True equality is grounded not in forced outcomes, but in equal protection as affirmed in the Constitution, the 14th Amendment, and the Declaration of Independence.
