STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1096

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.B. No. 485

H.D. 3

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 485, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MARRIAGE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require the Department of Health to issue new marriage certificates to individuals who have changed their gender, sex, and, if applicable, name, upon receipt of the required supporting documentation.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawai‘i Civil Rights Commission, Stonewall Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i, North Shore Ko‘olau Diversity Collective, Hawai‘i Friends of Civil Rights, Pride at Work – Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i Health & Harm Reduction Center, and sixteen individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Health.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Making it effective upon approval; and

(2) 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 Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 485, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 485, H.D. 3.

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

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair