Bill Text: HI SB2036 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Health.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-21 - Referred to HTH, CPN/JDC. [SB2036 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2022-SB2036-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to health.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. This Act amends existing law to create a category of "civil celebrants" that allows secular practitioners to solemnize marriage in the State, thereby ensuring equal treatment between religious and secular practitioners in regard to the rite of marriage.
SECTION 2. Section 572-12, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§572-12 By whom solemnized. (a) A
license to solemnize marriages may be issued to, and the marriage rite may be
performed and solemnized by:
(1) Any minister, priest, or officer of any religious denomination or society who has been ordained or is authorized to solemnize marriages according to the usages of that denomination or society;
(2) Any religious
society not having clergy but providing solemnization in accordance with the
rules and customs of that society; [or]
(3) Any justice or
judge or magistrate, active or retired, of a state or federal court in the
State[,]; or
(4) Any civil celebrant,
upon presentation to the person or society solemnizing the marriage of a license to marry, as prescribed by this chapter. A person or society licensed to solemnize a marriage may receive the price stipulated by the parties or any gratuity tendered.
(b)
A civil license to solemnize marriages may be issued to, and the
marriage rite may be performed and solemnized by, any individual at least
eighteen years of age, upon presentation to the individual of a license to marry,
as prescribed by this chapter. An individual
with a civil license to solemnize a marriage may receive the price stipulated by
the parties or any gratuity tendered. The
civil license shall be valid for [no] not less than two years from
the date of its issuance; provided that a temporary three-month civil license may
be issued upon an individual's request. The
fee for a civil license shall be $100 per year the permit is valid; provided that
the fee for a temporary three-month license shall be $25. An individual who performs a solemnization of
a marriage pursuant to a civil license issued under this subsection shall obtain
the prior written consent of each person for whom a solemnization is performed and
fulfill all provisions of sections 572-13 and 572‑15 applicable to persons
authorized to solemnize marriages.
(c) As used in this section, "civil celebrant" means a person of a secular or non-religious organization who has received the consent of the parties to be married."
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.
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Report Title:
Secular Marriage Solemnization
Description:
Authorizes issuance of licenses to solemnize marriage for persons of a secular or non-religious organization.
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