STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2919

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 1112

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Labor, to which was referred H.B. No. 1112, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LICENSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

     (1)  Authorize the issuance of a temporary license for the performance and solemnization of a marriage to an individual if the individual has the prior written consent of the couple or couples whose marriage or marriages will be solemnized and authorize that individual to perform and solemnize the marriage;

     (2)  Authorize the issuance of a temporary license for the solemnization of a civil union to an individual if the individual who will perform the solemnization has the prior written consent of both persons whose civil union will be solemnized and authorize that individual to solemnize the civil union; and

     (3)  Clarify that a person with a temporary license to solemnize marriages or civil unions must fulfill all the requirements under what is now codified as section 572B‑8, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii.

     Your Committee finds that this measure allows couples entering into a marriage or civil union to have non-religious alternatives for solemnization.  This measure recognizes Hawaii's religious diversity by ensuring that all individuals are able to find an appropriate officiant for a wedding or civil union.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by 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 and Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1112, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1112, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Labor,

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CLAYTON HEE, Chair