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Hawaii has legalized neither same-sex marriages nor civil unions. Two unmarried people can register for a reciprocal beneficiary relationship, which provides some of the rights and benefits that come with marriage.
Following a 1993 decision by the Hawaii State Supreme Court that found the state's refusal to grant same-sex couples marriage licenses discriminatory, voters in 1998 approved a constitutional amendment granting the Hawaii State Legislature the power to reserve marriage to opposite-sex couples, which resulted in a law banning same-sex marriage.[1] Bills creating civil unions were considered several times, but failed to receive approval in legislative committees prior to 2009,[1] when Hawaii House Bill 444 passed the Hawaii House of Representatives by a wide margin.[1] But in the Hawaii Senate the bill was deadlocked in committee (3-3) and failed to reach the full body for a vote.[2]
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*California only recognizes same-sex marriages that were entered into prior to November 5, 2008
**The laws authorizing civil unions in Connecticut will be repealed effective October 1, 2010. Any civil unions entered into prior to that date will automatically become marriages, by operation of law, effective October 1, 2010.
***The laws authorizing civil unions in New Hampshire will be repealed effective January 1, 2010. Any civil unions entered into prior to that date will automatically become marriages, by operation of law, effective January 1, 2011.
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