Hawaii passes bill to curb clamor for Obama birth certificate | honoluluadvertiser.com | The Honolulu Advertiser

Hawaii passes bill to curb clamor for Obama birth certificate | honoluluadvertiser.com | The Honolulu Advertiser: "State Sen. Will Espero doesn't believe for a second that the end of the 'birther' conspiracy theory is near, but he hopes lawmakers gave understaffed and overwhelmed Health Department officials a new tool against persistent requests for President Obama's Hawai'i birth certificate.

A bill heading toward the desk of Republican Gov. Linda Lingle lets any Hawai'i department ignore repeated requests for information from the same person — if the department already has responded within a year."