Report Title:
International Matchmaking; Domestic Abuse Orders
Description:
Adds abuse orders of protection issued against the person as information that must be disclosed by a Hawaii resident as part of the resident's marital history information in dealings with international matchmaking organizations. (SD1)
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THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
2134 |
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TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2006 |
S.D. 1 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to international matchmaking.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 489N-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "marital history information" to read as follows:
""Marital history information" means a declaration of the person's current marital status, the number of times the person has previously been married, the number of domestic abuse orders of protection issued against the person, and whether any previous marriages occurred as a result of receiving services from an international matchmaking organization."
SECTION 2. Section 489N-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) Upon receipt of a request for criminal conviction or marital history information from a recruit, an international matchmaking organization shall refrain from providing any further services to the recruit or the Hawaii resident with regard to facilitating future interaction between the recruit and the Hawaii resident until the Hawaii resident has submitted to the organization:
(1) The complete transcript of any criminal history record or a statement that there is no record of convictions; provided that these are obtained from the Hawaii criminal justice data center based on a submission of fingerprint impressions and sent directly to the organization by the Hawaii criminal justice data center; and
(2) The Hawaii resident's marital history information, accompanied by an affirmation by the Hawaii resident that any marital history information provided is complete and accurate and includes information regarding marriages, annulments, [and] dissolutions, and the number of domestic abuse orders of protection issued against the person that occurred in other states or countries."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon approval.