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 S.B. No. 3160 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require that all letterheads and documents of the State include both state languages, with the Hawaiian language placed above the English translation.

Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Keiki O Ka `Aina Family Learning Centers, and `Aha Punana Leo. Testimony in opposition to this measure was submitted by the Department of Accounting and General Services.

Your Committee finds that requiring that the State include accurate, appropriate, and authentic Hawaiian language, diacritical marks and punctuation on official documents ensures that the State remains committed to the fact that both English and Hawaiian are the State's official languages. Your Committee notes that this will apply to new documents and letterheads immediately, and to existing documents and letterheads when their replacements are required.

Your Committee has amended this measure to:

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 S.B. No. 3160, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3160, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.