STAND. COM. REP. NO. 363-20

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2020

RE: H.B. No. 2312

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 2312 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDERS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to clarify specific benefit and processing related details to facilitate and provide transparency to Employees' Retirement System members, retirants, beneficiaries, and alternate payees regarding Hawaii domestic relations orders.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Employees' Retirement System Board of Trustees.

Your Committee finds that the Employees' Retirement System will begin processing Hawaii domestic relations orders to allow the system to make direct payments to alternate payees beginning on July 1, 2020. This measure helps clarify the process of qualification, approval, and application of Hawaii domestic relations orders.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to January 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2312, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2312, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Public Employment,

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AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair