HB 715 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO VITAL STATISTICS.

Summary

Authorizes the Department of Health to issue commemorative certificates of stillbirth. Establishes fees for the issuance of commemorative certificates of stillbirth, to be deposited into the Vital Statistics Improvement Special Fund. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Last action Feb 12, 2025

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HB715 → HB715_HD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill shifts from requiring the Department of Health to issue standard stillbirth certificates to authorizing the issuance of commemorative stillbirth certificates. The new version establishes fees for these commemorative certificates and directs those fees to a special fund, while clarifying that these certificates have no legal evidentiary value. The effective date was changed from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 3000, likely as a placeholder.

Scope change

The bill changed from mandating issuance of standard certificates to authorizing commemorative certificates with specific legal disclaimers and fee structures.

SCOPE

Changed from requiring the Department of Health to issue standard certificates of stillbirth to authorizing the issuance of commemorative certificates of stillbirth.

FISCAL

Establishes fees for commemorative certificates with amounts left blank for future determination, directing all fees to the Vital Statistics Improvement Special Fund.

REQUIREMENT

Added legal disclaimers stating commemorative certificates have no prima facie evidentiary value and are not valid government records.

TIMELINE

Changed effective date from July 1, 2025 to July 1, 3000, likely as a placeholder date.

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Committee

Feb 12, 2025

Committee

Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 531) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Amato, Chun, Marten, Olds, Takenouchi, Alcos, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to HLT, FIN, referral sheet 2

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 17, 2025

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

6 primary · 0 co-sponsors