HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.R. NO.

274

TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011

H.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE RESOLUTION

 

 

REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR TO PROCLAIM THE SECOND WEEK OF AUGUST AS "NATIONAL ASSISTANCE DOG WEEK".

 

 

 


                WHEREAS, the State of Hawaii has 227,000 citizens with disabilities; and

 

     WHEREAS, those citizens who need a service dog wait approximately three to five years for a service dog; and

 

     WHEREAS, assistance dogs, including service dogs, guide dogs, hearing alert dogs and alert/seizure response dogs, transform the lives of their human partners with physical and mental disabilities; and

 

     WHEREAS, assistance dogs serve as devoted companions, helpers, aides, best friends and close family members; and

 

     WHEREAS, recognizing these dogs, who benefit Hawaii's citizens with disabilities, will aid in raising awareness and educate the public about how these specially trained animals are aiding so many people in Hawaii and could benefit so many more of Hawaii's citizens; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-sixth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2011, that the Governor is requested to express the State's support for the contributions of assistance dogs to Hawaii's citizens with disabilities by proclaiming the second week of August of every year, beginning on the second week of August 2011 as "Hawaii State Assistance Dogs Week" in the State of Hawaii; and
     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Governor of Hawaii and the Hawaii Humane Society.

Report Title: 

RELATING TO SERVICE DOGS