STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1657

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.C.R. No. 73

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 73 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY AND REQUESTING THE UNITED STATES SENATE TO RATIFY THE CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to encourage equal rights for women by:

(1) Supporting International Women's Day;

(2) Urging the United States Senate to ratify the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women; and

(3) Urging the United States Congress to affirm women's fundamental right to reproductive health, by funding high quality, voluntary family planning and reproductive health services.

The Hawaii Civil Rights Commission and Honolulu County Committee on the Status of Women testified in support of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by clarifying that:

(1) In 1972, Hawaii was the first state to ratify the federal Equal Rights Amendment; and

(2) The Hawaii State House of Representatives previously adopted H.R. No. 59, 2003, requesting the same action urged in this concurrent resolution.

Technical, nonsubstantive amendments were also made for clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 73, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 73, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair