Compare HI HB 2603 (2024) and HI HB 264 (2025)

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HI HB 2603 (2024)HI HB 264 (2025)
LEGISLATURE, 2024 STATE OF HAWAII A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to family court. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII: SECTION 1. The legislature finds that parents have a constitutionally protected right to direct the care, custody, and control of their children, including children experiencing gender dysphoria. The purpose of this Act is to exclude a parent's affirmation of their child's gender identity or expression from the list of factors courts consider in determining what constitutes the best interest of the child when awarding custody and visitation rights. SECTION 2. Section 571-46, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows: "§571-46 Criteria and proced…LEGISLATURE, 2025 STATE OF HAWAII A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to family court. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII: SECTION 1. The legislature finds that parents have a constitutionally protected right to direct the care, custody, and control of their children, including children experiencing gender dysphoria. The purpose of this Act is to exclude a parent's affirmation of their child's gender identity or expression from the list of factors courts consider in determining what constitutes the best interest of the child when awarding custody and visitation rights. SECTION 2. Section 571-46, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows: "§571-46 Criteria and proced…