Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, 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 no longer require the Department of Health (DOH) to register divorces and annulments.

Your Committee finds that the Judiciary is the governmental source for providing copies of divorce decrees, and that the certified divorce certificates issued by DOH contain information already found in the divorce decrees.

DOH testified in support of this measure. The Judiciary provided comments.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs 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 be referred to the Committee on Finance.