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Marijuana Bill Dead 

First, some really good news.  The House voted to recommit the marijuana bill (HB1246) back to the Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee, effectively killing the bill for this session. The bill was on the House Floor for a simple 2nd Reading, a pro forma for the process.  It happens to move a committee from one to another, and it is RARE to kill a bill this way.  If you want to watch the short floor debate about the bill, you can watch the clip below.

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Bye Bye Religious Exemption for Vaccinations

Now, the not-so-good news.  There is a bill scheduled for hearing tomorrow morning that we have been tracking, and other groups have been sending out calls to action on it, so we wanted to let you know about it in case you are interested in tracking it and/or testifying as the bills move forward.  

This bill, [HB1118] if passed, will remove the religious exemption for children in public schools related to vaccinations. [Click here for more information].  

Our intel is that the bill will easily pass tomorrow, but there will be other opportunities to get involved, so please let me know if this is an issue that you want more information about.

Hawaii Family Forum is tracking this bill because we are working on "outside of the box" plans should the bill pass, so if any of you are parents in a public school system, and you think that passage of this bill will harm you or your keiki, please reach out to me by sending an email to: info@hawaiifamilyforum.org.

Mahalo for all that you do protect our keiki in Hawai'i.

Eva