Bill Text: HI HB2802 | 2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Proposing An Amendment To Article 1, Section 23, Of The Hawaii Constitution Relating To Marriage.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Enrolled) 2024-04-09 - Transmitted to Governor. [HB2802 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-HB2802-Amended.html
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 1, SECTION 23, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION RELATING TO MARRIAGE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The purpose of this Act is to repeal article I, section 23, of the Constitution of
the State of Hawaii to repeal
the legislature's authority to reserve marriage to opposite-sex couples.
SECTION 2. Article I, section 23, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii is repealed.
["MARRIAGE
Section
23. The legislature shall
have the power to reserve marriage to opposite-sex couples."]
SECTION 3. The question to be printed on the ballot shall be as follows:
"Shall the state constitution be amended to repeal the legislature's authority to reserve marriage to opposite-sex couples?"
SECTION 4. Constitutional material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.
SECTION 5. This amendment shall take effect upon compliance with article XVII, section 3, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii.
Report Title:
Constitutional Amendment; Marriage
Description:
Proposes a constitutional amendment to repeal the Legislature's authority to limit marriage to opposite-sex couples. (HD1)
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