STAND. COM. REP. NO.  318-18

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2018

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2090

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts, to which was referred H.B. No. 2090 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VIETNAM WAR VETERANS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to honor and recognize the service of, and sacrifices made by, the men and women who served in the Vietnam War by designating March 29 of each year as Vietnam War Veterans Day in Hawaii.

 

     The Office of Veterans Services, Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, and Rainbow Family 808 testified in support of this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to December 23, 2083, to facilitate further discussion.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2090, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2090, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts,

 

 

 

 

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MATTHEW S. LOPRESTI, Chair