House Will Accept Gay Marriage Testimony Until Midnight Thursday, Maybe Longer

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To accommodate the “expected high numbers” of people wishing to testify on Senate Bill 1 — the same-sex marriage bill — and to allow testifiers to “plan their time accordingly,” the House Judiciary and Finance Committees plan to begin their public hearing at 10 a.m. Thursday and end at midnight.

“At that time if there are people who signed up to testify still waiting to speak, the hearing will be continued on Friday, November 1 at a time to be determined,” according to a press release.

The efforts appear to be in response to complaints that the Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee did not allow enough time for testimony on SB 1 Monday. That hearing lasted nearly 12 hours.

The House has already detailed how it will assign testifiers numbers to help traffic flow. Online testimony can be submitted by clicking here.

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Photo: Rep. Romy Cachola, Oct. 29. (Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat)

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