Text of HI HCR 318 (2010)
URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND ALL AGENCIES WITH DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES' CONTRACTS TO UPHOLD THEIR NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY FOR GAY, LESBIAN, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDERED PERSONS.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H.C.R. NO.
318
TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010
STATE OF HAWAII
HOUSE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
Urging the DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND ALL AGENCIES
WITH DEPARTMENT of human services' CONTRACTS To uphold their nondiscrimination
policy FOR GAY, LESBIAN, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDERED PERSONS
WHEREAS, in recent years, the number of hate
crimes against gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered persons have risen; and
WHEREAS, hate crimes against gay, lesbian,
bisexual, and transgendered persons now constitute the third-highest category
of hate crimes reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and represent
almost fourteen per cent of all hate crimes; and
WHEREAS; hate crimes based on the victim's real or
perceived gender, sexual preference, gender identity, or disability, hurts the
community; and
WHEREAS, only a minority of states include sexual
orientation in their hate crimes statutes; and
WHEREAS, it is important for the Department of
Human Services and the service providers with contracts under this Department to
urge its' workers and recipients that it is not acceptable to discriminate
against individual's because of their actual or perceived gender, sexual
orientation, gender identity, or disability, in addition to an individual's actual
or perceived race, color, religion, or national origin; and
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of
the Twenty-fifth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2010,
the Senate concurring, that the Department of Human Services is urged provide
information to its' workers and agencies under contract regarding
discrimination based on gender, sexual preference, gender identity, or
disability; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of
this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the President of the Senate,
Speaker of the House, Governor of Hawaii, and the Director of the Department of
Human Services.
OFFERED
BY:
_____________________________
Report Title:
URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND ALL AGENCIES
WITH DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES' CONTRACTS TO UPHOLD THEIR NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY
FOR GAY, LESBIAN, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDERED PERSONS