HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1113

TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017

H.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES IN PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 489-5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

     "(a)  It is a discriminatory practice for [two or more persons to conspire:] a person or a place of public accommodation:

     (1)  To retaliate or discriminate against a person because the person has opposed an unfair discriminatory practice;

     (2)  To aid, abet, incite, or coerce a person or a place of public accommodation to engage in a discriminatory practice; or

     (3)  Wilfully, to obstruct, or prevent, a person or a place of public accommodation from complying with this chapter."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.



 

Report Title:

Hawaii Civil Rights Commission; Discriminatory Practices in Public Accommodations

 

Description:

Removes the requirement of a conspiracy of two or more persons as an element of prohibited discriminatory practices in places of public accommodation.  (HB1113 HD1)

 

 

 

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