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                        IntroducedJan 17, 2025
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                        Passed Senate
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                        Passed House
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                    PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE I OF THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION TO RECOGNIZE AND PROTECT THE INHERENT AND INALIENABLE RIGHT OF ALL PEOPLE TO CLEAN WATER AND AIR, A HEALTHFUL ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE, HEALTHY NATIVE ECOSYSTEMS, AND BEACHES.
                
                
            
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                         Senate • Feb 05, 2025: Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC/WAM.
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                        YES: 25
                                                
                                        - Aquino, Henry J.C.
 - Awa, Brenton
 - Chang, Stanley
 - DeCoite, Lynn
 - DeCorte, Samantha
 - Dela Cruz, Donovan M.
 - Elefante, Brandon J.C.
 - Fevella, Kurt
 - Fukunaga, Carol
 - Gabbard, Mike
 - Hashimoto, Troy N.
 - Ihara, Jr., Les
 - Inouye, Lorraine R.
 - Kanuha, Dru Mamo
 - Keohokalole, Jarrett
 - Kidani, Michelle N.
 - Kim, Donna Mercado
 - Kouchi, Ronald D.
 - Lee, Chris
 - McKelvey, Angus L.K.
 - Moriwaki, Sharon Y.
 - Rhoads, Karl
 - Richards, III, Herbert M. "Tim"
 - San Buenaventura, Joy A.
 - Wakai, Glenn
 
NO: 0
                                            OTHER: 0
Actions
            - Feb 05, 2025 | Senate
- Reported from AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 42) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC/WAM.
 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC/WAM.
 
 - Jan 27, 2025 | Senate
- The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in AEN were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, DeCoite, Rhoads, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Richards ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
 
 - Jan 24, 2025 | Senate
- The committee(s) on AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 01-27-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
 
 - Jan 21, 2025 | Senate
- Referred to AEN, JDC/WAM.
 
 - Jan 17, 2025 | Senate
- Introduced.
 - Passed First Reading.
 
 
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