Aloha friends,

Because of your support, we have reached a major milestone.

Since my last update, HB1875 - Hawai‘i’s Gender Affirming & Reproductive Care Shield Law -successfully passed the House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee (JHA).

Your testimony, emails, phone calls, and messages of support truly made a difference. Testimony count reflected the overwhelming public support legislators heard from the community.

Mahalo for helping bring the bill this far.

Now we are approaching the next critical step in the process.

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📍 Final House Floor Vote
Tuesday, March 10, 9:00 AM (HST), Hawai‘i State Capitol

This will be the third and final reading in the House of Representatives.

If the bill passes this vote, it will advance to the Hawai‘i Senate for consideration.

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🔥 The Most Helpful Thing You Can Do Right Now

Please take one minute to contact House members using the Action Toolkit below.

👉 Open the One-Click Action Toolkit

The toolkit makes advocacy incredibly simple:

• One-click emails (pre-written and pre-addressed)
• One-tap call buttons to leave a quick voicemail
• Legislators organized by priority categories

Most emails take about 5 seconds to send.

Even sending just one quick email or voicemail helps reinforce that people across Hawai‘i - and across the country - care deeply about protecting access to healthcare.

🏛 If You Are On Oʻahu

If you are able to attend the House session in person, a strong showing in the House gallery can be very meaningful.

Legislators will be able to see the gallery during debate and voting, and it can be encouraging for supportive lawmakers to see the community present.

You are welcome to wear clothing or a lei with trans or rainbow colors if you wish, though it is not required.

Please note that signs, flags, and banners are not allowed in the gallery.

Security staff at the Capitol entrance can direct you to the House gallery.

Why This Bill Matters

HB1875 helps ensure that patients, families, and medical providers in Hawai‘i are protected from out-of-state political attacks targeting legally prescribed healthcare.

This legislation protects:

• Patients receiving medically necessary care

• Families making healthcare decisions

• Doctors following established medical standards

• Hawai‘i’s ability to govern its own healthcare policies

At a time when access to care is being restricted in many places across the country, Hawai‘i has the opportunity to reaffirm that medical decisions belong between patients and licensed healthcare providers - not politicians.

We Are Close

Together, we have already moved this bill through multiple hearings and committees in the House.

Now we are approaching the final House vote before the bill moves on to the Senate.

Your voice helped bring us this far - and it can help carry this bill through the next step.

If you can, please take a moment today to send a quick email or leave a voicemail using the toolkit above.

Small actions - multiplied by thousands of people - are how real change happens.

With gratitude,

Abby Simmons (she/her)