STAND. COM. REP. NO.  630-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 1634

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1634 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIFORM MEDIATION ACT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to clarify the scope of the Uniform Mediation Act by specifying that the Act does not apply to a mediation conducted by any judge on a case, not just a judge who might make a ruling in the case.

The Judiciary and Uniform Law Commission testified in support of this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1634 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

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KARL RHOADS, Chair