Bill Text: HI SB1167 | 2023 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing An Amendment To The Hawaii State Constitution To Protect Individual Reproductive Rights.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2023-03-13 - Notice of bill proposing constitutional amendment transmitted to Governor pursuant to Article XVII, Section 3 (Sen. Com. No. 1). [SB1167 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2023-SB1167-Introduced.html
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
proposing an amendment to the hawaii STATE constitution to protect individual reproductive rights.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
"INDIVIDUAL REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
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. No law shall be
enacted that denies or interferes with an individual's reproductive freedom in
their most intimate decisions, which includes their fundamental right to choose
to have an abortion and their fundamental right to choose or refuse
contraceptives."
SECTION 2. The question to be printed on the ballot shall be as follows:
"Shall the Constitution be amended to state that no law shall be enacted that denies or interferes with an individual's reproductive freedom in their most intimate decisions, including the fundamental right to abortion and contraceptives?"
SECTION 3. New constitutional material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This amendment shall take effect upon compliance with article XVII, section 3, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii.
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Report Title:
Constitutional Amendment; Individual Reproductive Rights
Description:
Proposes a constitutional amendment to protect an individual's reproductive freedom in their most intimate decisions, including the right to abortion and contraceptives.
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