STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1752

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   S.C.R. No. 55

      S.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Culture & the Arts, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 55, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR TO SUPPORT LEGISLATION THAT REDESIGNATES DISCOVERERS' DAY IN HAWAII AS INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this Concurrent Resolution is to request the Governor to support legislation that redesignates the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples Day.

 

     Ka Pakaukau, the Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, Ke Aupuni O Hawaii – The Hawaiian Kingdom, and numerous concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.  A concerned individual testified in opposition to this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Culture & the Arts that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 55, S.D. 1, and recommend its adoption.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Culture & the Arts,

 

 

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JESSICA WOOLEY, Chair

 

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FAYE HANOHANO, Chair