STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1376-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 2869

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, Human Services, & Homelessness, to which was referred S.B. No. 2869, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SPOUSAL SUPPORT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to allow obligees under an order solely for spousal support to elect to enforce the order pursuant to the State's garnishment laws, rather than through the clerk of the court.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from one individual. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual.

Your Committee finds that establishing a mechanism to allow an obligee to elect to enforce an order for spousal support by garnishment through the obligor's employer, rather than through the clerk of the court, will make it faster and easier for an obligee to receive spousal support.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2060, to encourage further discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health, Human Services, & Homelessness that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2869, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2869, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health, Human Services, & Homelessness,

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair