STAND. COM. REP. NO.  737-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 3343

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Tourism & Culture, to which was referred H.B. No. 3343, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FILIPINO-AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to officially commemorate and recognize the contributions of Filipino-Americans to the state and the nation by designating the month of October as Filipino-American History Month.

     The Hawaii Civil Rights Commission, Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu, Philippine Nurses Association Hawaii, Filipino-American Historical Society of Hawaii, Filipino American Citizens League, National Federation of Filipino American Associations, Oahu Filipino Community Council, United Filipino Council of Hawaii, Filipino Coalition for Solidarity, and Nursing Advocates & Mentors, Inc., supported this bill.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Tourism & Culture that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 3343, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Tourism & Culture,

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair