Bill Text: HI SB297 | 2025 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposing A Constitutional Amendment To The Constitution Of The State Of Hawaii To Protect The Right To Reproductive Freedom.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-21 - Referred to HHS, JDC/WAM. [SB297 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2025-SB297-Introduced.html

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THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	297
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

Proposing a constitutional amendment to the constitution of the state of hawaii to protect the right to reproductive freedom.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 

     SECTION 1.  Article I of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM

     Section   .  The State shall not deny or interfere with an individual's reproductive freedom in their most intimate decisions, including:

     (1)  The right to choose to obtain an abortion of a nonviable fetus;

     (2)  An abortion that is necessary to protect the life or health of the parent; and

     (3)  The right to choose to obtain or use contraceptives."

     SECTION 2.  The question to be printed on the ballot shall be as follows:

          "Shall the Constitution of the State of Hawaii be amended to prohibit the state from denying or interfering with an individual's reproductive freedom, including the right to:

           (1) Choose to obtain an abortion of a nonviable fetus; and

           (2) Choose to obtain or use contraceptives?"

     SECTION 3.  New constitutional material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This amendment shall take effect upon compliance with article XVII, section 3, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii.

 

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

 

 

 

Report Title:

Constitutional Amendment; Reproductive Freedom; Abortion; Contraceptives; Pregnancy Outcomes

 

Description:

Amends the Hawaii State Constitution to prohibit the State from denying or interfering with an individual's reproductive freedom, including the right to choose to obtain an abortion and to obtain or use contraceptives.

 

 

 

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