STAND. COM. REP. NO. 28

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.B. No. 383

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 383 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIFORM PROBATE CODE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to update the Uniform Probate Code to reflect Hawaii law and practice.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Judiciary, Commission to Promote Uniform Laws, and one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from one individual.

Your Committee finds that the Uniform Probate Code is a national codification of law that provides clarity and uniformity in probate law and interpretation. Your Committee further finds that it has been nearly thirty years since the Uniform Probate Code was last updated in Hawaii. This measure would provide necessary updates to adjust for inflation, provide additional clarity, resolve issues that have arisen in probate practice, and address societal changes in familial relations.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 383, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 383, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs,

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DAVID A. TARNAS, Chair