STAND. COM. REP. NO.  55

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 1025

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 1025 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INCOME WITHHOLDING FOR CHILD SUPPORT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to amend the income withholding requirements to impose a fine against any employer who:

     (1)  Discharges from employment, refuses to employ, or takes disciplinary action against any noncustodial parent subject to income withholding; or

     (2)  Fails to withhold support from income or pay the amounts to the Child Support Enforcement Agency or clerk of the court.

The Department of the Attorney General, Family Law Section of the Hawaii State Bar Association, Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence, and one individual testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2075, to facilitate further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1025, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1025, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services,

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DEE MORIKAWA, Chair