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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024 |
H.D. 1 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
S.D. 2 |
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C.D. 1 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO LICENSING.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
"(a) To secure a license to marry, the persons applying
for the license shall appear [personally]:
(1) In-person or by synchronous online
access before an employee of the department of health authorized to issue
licenses; or
(2) In-person before an agent authorized
to grant marriage licenses and shall file with the agent an application in writing[.],
or remotely by synchronous online access before an agent and as authorized by
the department of health in rules adopted pursuant to chapter 91.
The application
shall be accompanied by a statement signed and sworn to by each of the persons,
setting forth: [the] each person's
full name, date of birth, social security number, and residence; their relationship,
if any; the full names of [parents;] each person's parent; and that
all prior marriages or civil unions, if any, other than an existing civil union
between the persons applying for the marriage license, have been dissolved by death
or dissolution. If all prior marriages or
civil unions, other than an existing civil union between the persons applying for
the marriage license, have been dissolved by death or dissolution, the statement
shall also set forth the date of death of the last prior spouse or the date and
jurisdiction in which the last decree of dissolution was entered. Any other information consistent with the standard
marriage certificate, as recommended by the Public Health Service, National Center
for Health Statistics, may be requested for statistical or other purposes, subject
to approval of and modification by the department of health; provided that the information
shall be provided at the option of the applicant and no applicant shall be denied
a license for failure to provide the information. The agent shall endorse on the application, over
the agent's signature, the date of the filing thereof and shall issue a license
[which] that shall bear on its face the date of issuance. Every license shall be of full force and effect
for thirty days commencing from and including the date of issuance. After the thirty-day period, the license shall
become void and no marriage ceremony shall be performed thereon."
SECTION 2. Section 572B-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) No license for a civil union [may] shall
be issued by an agent until both applicants have appeared in-person or by
synchronous online access, as authorized by the department of health in rules
adopted pursuant to chapter 91, before the agent and applied for the license. The application for the license shall be completed
in its entirety, dated, signed, and sworn to by each applicant and shall state each
applicant's full name, date of birth, birthplace, residence, and social security
number[,]; whether each applicant is single, widowed, or divorced[,];
and whether the applicant is under the supervision or control of a conservator or
guardian. If the application is signed and
sworn to by the applicants on different dates, the earlier date shall be deemed
the date of the application. [The agent
shall issue a copy of this chapter to any person applying for a license.]"
SECTION
3. Statutory material to be repealed is
bracketed and stricken. New statutory
material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Report Title:
DOH; Marriage Licenses; Civil Union Licenses; Synchronous Online Access; Rules
Description:
Authorizes the Director of Health to permit synchronous online access to apply for marriage and civil union licenses in lieu of in-person applications, as specified in rules adopted by the Department of Health. (CD1)
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