Bill Text: HI SB2886 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Constitutional Amendment; Marriage
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-28 - (S) Referred to JGO. [SB2886 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-SB2886-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
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TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE i, SECTION 23, OF THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION TO specifically reserve marriage to opposite-sex couples.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The purpose of this Act is to propose an amendment to article I, section 23, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii to specifically reserve marriage to opposite-sex couples as provided by law.
SECTION 2. Article 1, section 23, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii is amended to read as follows:
"MARRIAGE
Section 23. [The legislature shall
have the power to reserve marriage to opposite-sex couples.] Marriage
shall be specifically reserved to opposite-sex couples as provided by law."
SECTION 3. The question to be printed on the ballot shall be as follows:
"Shall the state constitution be amended to specifically reserve marriage to opposite-sex couples?"
SECTION 4. Constitutional material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New constitutional material is underscored.
SECTION 5. 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; Marriage
Description:
Proposes constitutional amendment to specifically reserve marriage to opposite-sex couples.
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