STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2092

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: S.B. No. 1370

S.D. 1

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 Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1370, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LICENSES TO SOLEMNIZE MARRIAGES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Establish standard and short-term licenses and license fees to solemnize marriages; and

(2) Specify in what amount and into which fund license fees shall be deposited.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Health. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to June 30, 3000, to encourage further discussion; 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 S.B. No. 1370, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1370, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

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

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair