STAND. COM. REP. NO. 652-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: H.B. No. 1233

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1233 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CIVIL RIGHTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to advance civil rights by prohibiting discrimination in a place of public accommodation based on sexual orientation or gender identity or expression.

The American Civil Liberties Union, Lambda Aloha, The Center, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, PFLAG-Oahu, Civil Unions-Civil Rights Movement, Community Alliance on Prisons, Democratic Party of Kauai, Gay and Lesbian Education and Advocacy Foundation, Ohana Metropolitan Community Church of Honolulu, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill. An individual testified in opposition to this measure. The Hawaii Civil Rights Commission and an individual commented on this bill.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Deleting the purpose section;

(2) Deleting the definition of and references to "gender identity or expression"; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity 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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1233, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1233, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair