Hawaii Senate Bill 2831 (Prior Session Legislation)

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January 25 2012 - (S) Referred to HTH, JDL.
Pending: Senate Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends various statutory provisions related to civil unions and conforming amendments to recognize civil unions; deletes the eligibility requirement for a civil union requiring termination of an existing reciprocal beneficiary relationship, except for out-of-state unions recognized in the State as civil unions; authorizes any licensing agent statewide to issue a civil union license; authorizes the Department of Health to collect fees for civil union licenses to allow for application online; conforms the information collected by civil union solemnizers to the information collected by marriage solemnizers; makes a reciprocal beneficiary relationship automatically terminate upon either party entering into a civil union; authorizes civil union partners to change their names on the certificate of civil union; and confirms that the family court has jurisdiction over the divorce, annulment, and separation of partners to a union that is recognized as a civil union in this State.

Civil Unions; Eligibility; Procedures; Divorce

Sen Tsutsui

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-01-25		(S) Referred to HTH, JDL.
2012-01-25		(S) Passed First Reading.
2012-01-25		(S) Introduced.

HB2569 (Same As) 2012-07-10 - (S) Act 267, 7/6/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1370).

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2831
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2012/Bills/SB2831_.htm