STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1019-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 2146

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2146, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MARRIAGE LICENSES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Establish a $25 fee for all licenses to solemnize a marriage, with the fees to be deposited into the general fund;

(2) Authorize the Department of Health to increase the license fee, subject to certain requirements;

(3) Require the Department of Health to account for the collection and deposit of the fees into the general fund; and

(4) Repeal the expiration of and fees specific to civil licenses to solemnize marriages.

Your Committee did not receive any testimony on this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the license fee to an unspecified amount;

(2) Changing the allowed annual fee increase to an unspecified percentage;

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

(4) Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2146, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2146, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair