STAND. COM. REP. NO.908-02

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: S.B. No. 2043

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2043, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ADOPTION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of the bill is to create a temporary Advisory Task Force (Task Force) to study legal issues relating to hanai adoption and review applicable case law, statutory law, and customary and traditional practices of hanai relationships.

Your Committee received testimony in support of the measure from the Adoption Connection.

Your Committee finds that although hanai adoption is not recognized under current Hawaii law, hanai adoption is a customary practice that is still active in our society.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Requiring that the Task Force, include a member of the foster care and adoption community; and

(2) Providing a sunset date for the termination of the Task Force.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2043, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2043, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

 

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ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair