HomeMy WebLinkAboutHawaii Women's Legislative Caucus 2025 Bill PackageSB526 HB727: RELATING TO THE WOMEN COURT: Establishes a temporary
three-year women's court pilot program within the second, third, and fifth
circuits. Establishes temporary positions. Requires a report. Appropriates funds.
Sunsets 6/30/2028.
SB297 HB728 RELATING TO REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM: 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.
BS 528/H6729 RELATING TO MARRIAGE OF MINORS: Raises the minimum age to
enter into marriage from sixteen to eighteen years of age. Repeals the authority
of parents and the family court to consent to a minor's marriage. Repeals spousal
cohabitation after the parties attain legal age as an exception for an annulment
based on nonage. Makes conforming amendments.
�Z/ti@ZiQ: RELATING TO EDUCATION: Establishes, and appropriates funds
for, five full-time equivalent (5.0 FTE) positions within the Civil Rights Compliance
Branch of the Department of Education for Title IX compliance and gender equity
in athletics.
SBS�HB731 RELATING TO MINORS: Authorizes a physician, upon consultation
with a minor patient who indicates that the minor was the victim of a sexual
offense, with the consent of the minor patient, to perform customary and
necessary examinations to obtain evidence of the sexual offense and may
prescribe for and treat the patient for any immediate condition caused by the
sexual offense. Provides that the consent of the parent, parents, or legal guardian
of a minor offender who has been committed to the Hawaii youth correctional
facilities is not necessary in order to authorize hospital, medical, mental health,
dental, emergency health, or emergency surgical care.