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Aloha, Friends:
In Hawaii, HB1533 was introduced by House Speaker Rep. Joe Souki on behalf of “another party.” This horrendous measure was assigned only one committee for hearing, one each for both House and Senate Judiciary Committees. If HB1533 gets a hearing, it will be scheduled by the House Judiciary Committee (JUD) first.
HB1533, the Legal Pimping Bill, will do several things. If passed into law, this measure will:
1) Make it legal for pimp-traffickers to sell adult women for sex
2) Make it legal again for police to sleep with prostituted persons while on duty
3) Make it legal for Johns to pay for sex with a victim of sex trafficking
4) Remove criminal penalties for repeat offenders (Johns).
5) Legalize sex tourism
6) Create serious obstacles in finding adult and child victims of sex trafficking to come forward.
Read the bill: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx…
Join us in stopping this abusive and vile attempt to increase crimes against women and girls. The Pacific Alliance to Stop Slavery (PASS) and our allies respectfully ask you to do one or all of the following:
Call the members of the House Judiciary (JUD) Committee and kindly ask them, if HB1533 is scheduled, to vote NO on passing it. If you cannot call every member on JUD, just call the JUD Chair, Rep. Scott Nishimoto (District 21 Kapahulu, Moilili, McCully). If you cannot reach the reps when you call, you may leave a message.
WHAT YOU CAN SAY:
Aloha, my name is _______. I respectfully ask you to oppose HB1533 Relating to Prostitution, if this bill is scheduled for a hearing. It will increase violent crimes against women and legalize pimping and buying women for sex. If you would like specifics, please contact the Pacific Alliance to Stop Slavery or Af3irm Hawaii. Thank you for your time.
IMPORTANT NUMBERS:
House Judiciary Committee Members:
Rep. Scott Nishimoto, Chair
House District 21
Room 421
808-586-8515
repnishimoto@Capitol.hawaii.gov
Joy A. San Buenaventura, Vice Chair
House District 4
Room 302
phone: 808-586-6530
repsanbuenaventura@Capitol.hawaii.gov
Della Au Belatti
House District 24
Room 402
phone: 808-586-9425
repbelatti@Capitol.hawaii.gov
Tom Brower
House District 22
Room 315
phone: 808-586-8520
repbrower@Capitol.hawaii.gov
Aaron Ling Johansson
House District 31
Room 426
phone: 808-586-9470
repjohanson@Capitol.hawaii.gov
Chris Lee
House District 51
Room 436
phone: 808-586-9450
replee@Capitol.hawaii.gov
Dee Morikawa
House District 16
Room 442
phone: 808-586-6280
repmorikawa@Capitol.hawaii.gov
Mark Nakashima
House District 1
Room 406
phone: 808-586-6680
repnakashima@Capitol.hawaii.gov
Marcus Oshiro
House District 46
Room 424
phone: 808-586-6700
repmoshiro@Capitol.hawaii.gov
Bob McDermott
House District 40
Room 330
phone: 808-586-9730
repmcdermott@Capitol.hawaii.gov
Cynthia Thielin
House District 50
Room 443
phone: 808-586-6480
repthielen@Capitol.hawaii.gov
Email JUD Members (copy and paste)
repnishimoto@Capitol.hawaii.gov, repsanbuenaventura@Capitol.hawaii.gov, repbelatti@Capitol.hawaii.gov, repbrower@Capitol.hawaii.gov, repjohanson@Capitol.hawaii.gov, replee@Capitol.hawaii.gov, repmorikawa@Capitol.hawaii.gov, repnakashima@Capitol.hawaii.gov, repmoshiro@Capitol.hawaii.gov, repmcdermott@Capitol.hawaii.gov, repthielen@Capitol.hawaii.gov