SB 1284 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 1, SECTION 5, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION RELATING TO DUE PROCESS AND EQUAL PROTECTION.

Summary

Proposes a constitutional amendment to prohibit discrimination against a person because of ethnicity, age, disability, religion, national ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or pregnancy and pregnancy outcomes. (SD1)

Issues: ✓ Labor & Employment

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 21, 2025 Last action Feb 12, 2025

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What changed between versions

SB1284 → SB1284_SD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill text was reformatted from a traditional legislative document layout to a structured data format with metadata fields. The substantive constitutional amendment language remains unchanged, preserving protections against discrimination based on race, ethnicity, age, disability, religion, national ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, and pregnancy outcomes.

Scope change

No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; only formatting and metadata structure were modified

TECHNICAL

Removed traditional Senate header formatting and replaced with structured metadata fields including bill number, sponsor information, and timestamps

Converted constitutional amendment text from multi-line paragraph format to structured sections with explicit section markers

Added metadata fields for document version control, revision numbers, and processing timestamps

Reorganized bill content to separate metadata from substantive legislative text

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Committee

Feb 12, 2025

Committee

Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 305) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Feb 6, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard, Chang.

upper

Jan 31, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 02-06-25 9:15AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

upper

Jan 27, 2025

Committee

Referred to JDC, WAM.

upper

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and passed First Reading.

upper

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Pending Introduction.

upper

3 primary · 0 co-sponsors