STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2879

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2663

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2663 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FILING FEES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to alter the filing fee schedule for paternity actions by establishing an initial filing fee of $100 and eliminating fees to file motions.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Health Committee of the Democratic Party of Hawaii and one individual.

Your Committee finds that simplifying the filing fee schedule for paternity actions will help make the courtroom process more financially predictable and therefore less stressful for litigants.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical nonsubstantive changes for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2663, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2663, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair