Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2823, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish a bill of rights day to develop awareness and appreciation for the freedoms our country enjoys.

Specifically, this measure designated December 15th as "Bill of Rights Day" and appropriates funds for various activities for the commemoration and observation of Bill of Rights Day.

Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission, the League of Women Voters of Hawaii, the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii, and seven individuals.

Your Committee finds that the Bill of Rights incorporates important freedoms and rights that should be remembered and honored each year as cornerstones of our constitutional form of government.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2823, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.