STAND. COM. REP. NO. 858-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 2657

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2657, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ABUSIVE LITIGATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish judicial procedures to prevent and remedy abusive litigation.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaiʻi Children's Action Network Speaks!; Parents and Children Together; Hawaiʻi State Coalition Against Domestic Violence; Hawaiʻi Women Lawyers; and five individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Judiciary.

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. 2657, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair