Text of HI HB 1020 (2014)
Constitutional Amendment; Marriage (ConAm)
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H.B. NO.
1020
TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013
STATE OF HAWAII
A BILL FOR AN ACT
PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE I, SECTION 23, OF THE constitution
of the state of Hawaii TO reserve marriage to relationships between one man and
one woman.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Article I, 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.] To be valid
and recognized in this State, a marriage may exist only between one man and one
woman."
SECTION 2. The question to be printed on the
ballot shall be as follows:
"Shall the Constitution of the State
of Hawaii be amended to reserve marriage to relationships between one man and
one woman?"
SECTION 3. Constitutional material to be repealed
is bracketed and stricken. 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.
INTRODUCED BY:
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Report Title:
Constitutional Amendment; Marriage
Description:
Proposes a constitutional amendment to reserve marriage to
relationships between one man and one woman.
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