Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 2765, S.D. 2, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to provide for a more efficient and streamlined process for registering divorces and annulments occurring in Hawaii.

The Department of Health (DOH) testified in support of the bill. The Office of the Lieutenant Governor supported the intent of the measure.

Your Committee finds that this bill would streamline the existing process for registering divorces and annulments by eliminating the need for a paper certificate to be filed with the court before transmittal to DOH. Instead, direct transmittal of information would be allowed via the Internet.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2765, S.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs.