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HB 671 Hawaii House · 2019 Regular Session

RELATING TO VETERANS SERVICES.

Summary
Provides that a surviving, unmarried, same-sex partner of a deceased veteran may be interred at any state veterans cemetery provided that the surviving partner provides a written formal request for waiver and evidence to the Secretary of Veteran Affairs that the couple would have married but for a state law prohibiting same-sex marriage. (HB671 HD2)
Bill status in committee 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House Passage
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 18, 2019 Last action Feb 15, 2019
Floor votes · House Feb 5, 2019

How they voted

49–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 51
Feb 5, 2019
D Democratic45
44 Yea 1
97% Yea
R Republican5
4 Yea 1
80% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
14
Key actions
4
Committee
7
Feb 15, 2019
Committee
Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Aquino, DeCoite, Nakamura, Quinlan, Thielen excused (5).
lower
Feb 15, 2019
Committee
Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 746) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
lower
Feb 14, 2019
Lower · Passed
The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, San Buenaventura, Brower, Creagan, Lowen, McKelvey, Morikawa, Takayama, Yamane, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Say.
lower
Feb 13, 2019
Lower · Passed
The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-14-19.
lower
Feb 5, 2019
Committee
Reported from PVM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 56) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JUD.
lower
Feb 5, 2019
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (49-0-2)
house
Jan 30, 2019
Lower · Passed
The committees on PVM recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Gates, D. Kobayashi, Kong, Nishimoto, Ohno; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) McDermott.
lower
Jan 24, 2019
Committee
Referred to PVM, JUD, FIN, referral sheet 5
lower
Jan 22, 2019
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
Jan 18, 2019
Introduced
Pending introduction.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.