STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1918-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 2869

S.D. 1

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 Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2869, S.D. 1, H.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 a spouse or former spouse to enforce an order for spousal support or maintenance under the State's attachment and execution, garnishment, or garnishment of government benefits laws, rather than through an assignment made to the clerk of the family court on income due or future income.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Health Committee of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i and one individual.

Your Committee finds that this measure will make it easier and faster for spouses and former spouses to receive court-ordered spousal support or maintenance.

Your Committee has amended this measure by 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 Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2869, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2869, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs,

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair