STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1190

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: H.B. No. 664

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Judiciary and Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 664, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO GENDER IDENTITY,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to prohibit gender identity change efforts by licensed professional counselors in addition to sexual orientation change efforts.

The Hawai‘i Civil Rights Commission, Rainbow Family 808, Mental Health America of Hawai‘i, Planned Parenthood Votes Northwest and Hawaii, Oahu County Democrats, O‘ahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i, and a few individuals testified in support of this measure. Two individuals testified in opposition to this measure. The Department of Health and LGBT Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawaii provided comments.

Your Committees have amended this measure by:

(1) Clarifying that the ban applies to conversion therapy practices or treatments that seek to change an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Judiciary and Consumer Protection & Commerce that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 664, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 664, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Judiciary and Consumer Protection & Commerce,

____________________________ ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair

____________________________ CHRIS LEE, Chair