STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2015-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 3114

S.D. 2

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 Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 3114, S.D. 2, 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, to be deposited into the Vital Statistics Improvement Special Fund;

(2) Require the Department of Health to account for the collection and deposit of the fee into the Vital Statistics Improvement Special Fund; and

(3) Repeal certain provisions, including those regarding fees, related to obtaining a license to solemnize civil marriage ceremonies.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Health.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

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 S.B. No. 3114, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3114, S.D. 2, H.D. 1.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair