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THE SENATE S.B. NO. 863 TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011 STATE OF HAWAII A BILL FOR AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE I OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII: SECTION 1. The legislature finds that the courts and the legislature have, intermittently since the 1990s, been called upon to address laws regarding who may legally marry in Hawaii. More than a decade has passed, yet this issue remains unresolved. Accordingly, the legislature further finds that the people of Hawaii have the right and responsibility to vote on what legally constitutes a marriage. The purpose of this Act is to propose an amendment to article I of the Ha…THE SENATE S.B. NO. 863 TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011 STATE OF HAWAII A BILL FOR AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE I OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII: SECTION 1. The legislature finds that the courts and the legislature have, intermittently since the 1990s, been called upon to address laws regarding who may legally marry in Hawaii. More than a decade has passed, yet this issue remains unresolved. Accordingly, the legislature further finds that the people of Hawaii have the right and responsibility to vote on what legally constitutes a marriage. The purpose of this Act is to propose an amendment to article I of the Ha…