STAND. COM. REP. NO. 686

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 483

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 483 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to update articles I through IV of the Uniform Probate Code to adjust for inflation, provide additional clarity, resolve issues that have arisen in probate practice, and address societal changes in familial relations.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Judiciary and Commission to Promote Uniform Laws.

Your Committee finds that it is necessary to update articles I through IV of the Uniform Probate Code, with appropriate amendments to reflect Hawai‘i law and practice where relevant. Adopted in Hawai‘i in 1969 and last updated in 1996, the Uniform Probate Code is a national codification of the law of probate, which provides for greater clarity and uniformity in probate law and interpretation. This measure makes the necessary updates to the Uniform Probate Code.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Inserting an effective date of March 22, 2075, to encourage further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

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 S.B. No. 483, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 483, S.D. 1, 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