Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1450, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to prohibit discrimination in the area of employment toward people whose gender identity and expression may be construed as being different from the norm.

The American Civil Liberties Union, The Center, Civil Unions – Civil Rights Movement; Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, Gay and Lesbian Education and Advocacy Foundation, PFLAG-Oahu, and several concerned individuals supported this bill. The Hawaii Civil Rights Commission (HCRC) and a concerned individual supported this measure with amendments. A concerned individual opposed this bill.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Including a purpose section stating that existing

(2) Including language that clarifies that discrimination

(3) Deleting previously added language that mirrored what is

(4) Making other technical, nonsubstantive amendments for

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1450, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1450, H.D. 2.