The Hawaii State Senate today passed SB 232 as amended by the House. The bill creates a new family structure called ‘civil unions’ which will be treated as equivalent to marriage. SB232 now goes to Governor Neil Abercrombie who has pledged to sign it.
18 Ayes: Senators
- Baker
- Chun-Oakland
- English
- Fukunaga
- Galuteria
- Green
- Hee
- Ige
- Ihara
- Kahele
- Kidani
- Nishihara
- Ryan
- Shimabukuro
- Solomon
- Tokuda
- Tsutsui
- Wakai
Aye(s) with reservations: none
5 Noes: Senators
- Dela Cruz,
- Espero,
- Gabbard,
- Kim,
- Slom.
2 Excused: Senator(s) Kouchi, Taniguchi.
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