[little jeremiah]

The law was amended in 1982, there were laws allowing foreign born babies, or born in other states IIRC, to be registered in HI. I think the first such law was enacted in 1911, and had another amendment in the 60s. Chief Engineer knows all the details.

(Courtesy Ping to CE - this subject has come up so often I will copy and paste anything you say about it on my desktop, sorry to bug you again.)

[Michael Michael]

The law was amended in 1982...

No, that law was enacted in 1982. Not amended in 1982. The earliest year shown in the statute's history is the year it was enacted. Compare the history of 338-17.8 to the history of 338-1:

[L 1949, c 327, §2; am L 1951, c 92, §1; RL 1955, §57-1; HRS §338-1; am L 1973, c 17, §5; am L 1975, c 66, §2(1); am L 1982, c 112, §2; gen ch 1985; am L 1987, c 100, §1; am L 1993, c 131, §1]

338-1 was enacted in 1947, and subsequently changed and/or amended in 1951 ,1955, 1973, 1975, 1982, 1985, 1987, and finally in 1993.

"[L 1982, c 182, §1]" means that 338-17.8 was enacted in 1982 and had had no subsequent changes or amendments.

[Chief Engineer]

That info is found here and is how the Chinese national was able to obtain a Hawaiian birth certificate eventhough he wasn’t born in Hawaii.

“The Certificate of Hawaiian Birth program was established in 1911, during the territorial era, to register a person born in Hawaii who was one year old or older and whose birth had not been previously registered in Hawaii. The Certificate of Hawaiian Birth Program was terminated in 1972, during the statehood era.”

Found here:
http://hawaii.gov/health/vital-records/vital-records/hawnbirth.html