STAND. COM. REP. NO. 623-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 1915

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1915 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIFORM PROBATE CODE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to reduce the number of required publications of a notice to creditors by a trustee to once a week for two successive weeks.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Judiciary and Commission to Promote Uniform Legislation. Your Committee received comments on this measure from one individual.

Your Committee finds that Act 158, Session Laws of Hawaii 2023, updated several articles of the Uniform Probate Code to adjust for inflation, clarify provisions, resolve issues that have arisen in probate practice, and address societal changes in familial relations. This measure will further update the Uniform Probate Code to reduce the required number of publications of a notice to creditors by a trustee.

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 H.B. No. 1915 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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DAVID A. TARNAS, Chair