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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. 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] in-person or by synchronous
online access, as authorized by the department of health in rules adopted
pursuant to chapter 91, before an agent authorized to grant marriage licenses
and shall file with the agent an application in writing. 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 pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes. (SD1)
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