STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2646

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2591

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2591, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHILDREN AND YOUTH,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to facilitate the recognition of Children and Youth Day and Month.

 

Specifically, this measure designates:

 

(1)  The Capitol grounds as the location for Children and Youth events;

 

(2)  The first Sunday in October as the date for public events celebrating Children and Youth Day; and

 

(3)  The month of October for other Children and Youth public events.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Hawaii Youth Services Network.

 

     Your Committee finds that Children and Youth Day is an extremely successful event, attracting over thirty thousand participants who learn about parenting, the environment, healthy lifestyles, and the legislative process.  Children and Youth Day 2011 attracted over two hundred fifty organizations spread across the grounds of the State Capitol, Honolulu Hale Civic Center, the Department of Health building, Iolani Palace, Washington Place, and on Punchbowl Street.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Clarifying that Children and Youth events shall be held  in the area of the State Capitol, including on and around the grounds of the State Capitol; and

 

(2)  Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2591, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2591, S.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair