HB 1193 Summary: Uniform Parentage Act

• Repeals Hawaii's existing Uniform Parentage Act of 1973 (Chapter 584) and replaces it with portions of the Uniform Parentage Act of 2017 to modernize parentage laws

• Establishes equal treatment of children born to same-gender couples and creates a new legal status of "functional parent" for individuals who have acted as parents without genetic or legal relationship

• Adds comprehensive provisions addressing assisted reproductive technology and surrogacy agreements, including requirements for validation, medical/mental health evaluations, and independent legal representation for all parties

• Provides procedures for establishing parentage through voluntary acknowledgment, presumption, genetic testing, and adjudication by courts, with timelines and requirements for each method

• Modernizes language throughout related statutes (chapters 338, 571, 574, 576B, 576E, 580, 607, 634) to use gender-neutral terms like "parent" instead of "father" and "birthing parent" instead of "mother"