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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
678 |
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TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2001 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO CIVIL RIGHTS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 489-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new definition to be appropriately inserted and to read as follows:
""Sexual orientation" means having a preference for heterosexuality, homosexuality, or bisexuality, having a history of any one or more of these preferences, or being identified with any one or more of these preferences. "Sexual orientation" shall not be construed to protect conduct otherwise proscribed by law."
SECTION 2. Section 489-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§489-3 Discriminatory practices prohibition. Unfair discriminatory practices which deny, or attempt to deny, a person the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and accommodations of a place of public accommodation on the basis of race, sex, sexual orientation, color, religion, ancestry, or disability are prohibited."
SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2001.
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