HOUSE PASSES CIVIL UNIONS IN HAWAII
Bill will return to Senate for agreement on amendments
From Hawaii Family Forum
Today, SB 232 HD1, Relating to Civil Unions, passed the House by a vote of 31-19 (with one excused - Rep. Cabanilla). That means that the bill will now go back to the Senate for reconsideration. It is expected that the Senate may accept the changes made by the House Judiciary. If that happens, the bill could end up on Governor Abercrombie’s desk for signature as early as next week. The Governor has publicly stated he would sign the bill.
If the Senate should disagree to the changes, then the bill will go to a conference committee to work out the differences. Remember, only those legislators who voted FOR SB 232 will be able to sit on a potential conference committee.
The vote in the House is as follows:
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VOTES IN OPPOSITION TO CIVIL UNIONS
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VOTES IN SUPPORT OF CIVIL UNIONS
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D
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Aquino
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Henry
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35
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D
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Belatti
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Della Au
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25
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D
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Awana
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Karen Leinani
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44
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D
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Brower
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Tom
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23
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D
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Chang
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Jerry
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2
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D
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Carroll
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Mele
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13
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R
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Ching
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Corinne
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27
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D
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Chong
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Pono
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49
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D
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Choy
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Isaac
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24
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D
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Coffman
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Denny
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6
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D
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Cullen
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Ty
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41
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D
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Evans
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Cindy
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7
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R
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Fontaine
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George
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11
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D
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Hanohano
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Faye
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4
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D
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Har
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Sharon
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40
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D
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Hashem
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Mark
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18
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R
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Johanson
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Aaron Ling
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32
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D
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Herkes
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Robert
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5
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D
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Manahan
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Joey
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29
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D
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Ichiyama
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Linda
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31
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D
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Mizuno
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John
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30
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D
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Ito
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Ken
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48
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R
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Pine
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Kymberly
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43
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D
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Jordan
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Jo
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45
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R
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Riviere
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Gil
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46
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D
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KeithAgaran
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Gilbert
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9
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D
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Souki
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Joseph
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8
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D
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Lee
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Chris
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51
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D
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Takai
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K. Mark
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34
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D
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Lee
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Marilyn
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38
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D
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Tokioka
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James Kunane
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15
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D
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Luke
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Sylvia
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26
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D
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Tsuji
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Clifton
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3
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R
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Marumoto
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Barbara
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19
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R
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Ward
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Gene
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17
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D
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McKelvey
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Angus
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10
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D
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Yamane
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Ryan
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37
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D
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Morikawa
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Dee
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16
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D
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Morita
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Hermina
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14
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D
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Nakashima
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Mark
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1
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D
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Nishimoto
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Scott
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21
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D
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Oshiro
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Blake
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33
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D
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Oshiro
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Marcus
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39
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D
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Rhoads
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Karl
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28
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D
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Saiki
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Scott
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22
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D
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Say
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Calvin
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20
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D
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Takumi
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Roy
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36
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R
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Thielen
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Cynthia
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50
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D
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Wooley
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Jessica
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47
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D
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Yamashita
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Kyle
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12
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We thank you all for taking the time to contact your legislator about this issue.
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