STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1051

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 1489

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1489, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to prohibit a state agency or program or activity that receives state financial assistance from excluding from participation, denying benefits to, or discriminating against an otherwise qualified individual by reason of disability, sex, including gender identity or expression, or sexual orientation.

State Council on Developmental Disabilities, Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women, Community Alliance on Prisons, American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii, Hawaii Women Lawyers, IMUAlliance, International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 142, Hawaii State Teachers Association, Hawaii Women's Coalition, Planned Parenthood Votes Northwest and Hawaii, and four concerned individuals supported this measure.  The Hawaii Civil Rights Commission offered comments.

     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. 1489, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair