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HI HB132

Bill

Status

Engrossed

3/1/2019

Primary Sponsor

Rida Cabanilla Arakawa

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Origin

House of Representatives

2020 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Establishes a class B felony offense for prohibited acts related to female genital mutilation, including circumcising, excising, or infibulating the genitals of a minor.

  • Prohibits parents, guardians, or persons responsible for a minor's care from allowing or consenting to female genital mutilation procedures on minors.

  • Criminalizes removing or causing a minor to be removed from Hawaii for the purpose of undergoing female genital mutilation procedures.

  • Exempts licensed health care providers from criminal liability when procedures are medically necessary for the minor's health, performed during labor or childbirth for medical purposes, or part of gender reassignment surgery with proper consent.

  • Amends the definitions of "child abuse or neglect" and "harm" under Hawaii's Child Protective Act to include prohibited female genital mutilation acts as mandatory reportable offenses.

Legislative Description

Relating To Female Genital Mutilation.

Penal Code

Last Action

Carried over to 2020 Regular Session.

12/1/2019

Committee Referrals

Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health3/8/2019
Judiciary3/5/2019
Finance2/15/2019
Judiciary2/6/2019
Health1/22/2019

Full Bill Text

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