STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1315

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.R. No. 141

       S.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committees on Human Services and Technology and the Arts, to which was referred S.R. No. 141 entitled:

"SENATE RESOLUTION DESIGNATING OCTOBER 2 OF EACH YEAR AS THE "INTERNATIONAL DAY OF NON-VIOLENCE" IN HAWAII IN HONOR OF MAHATMA GANDHI ON HIS BIRTH DATE,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to designate October 2 of each year as the "International Day of Non-Violence" in Hawaii in honor of Mahatma Gandhi on his birth date.

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from nine individuals.

     Your Committees find that Mahatma Gandhi believed that the way to resolve conflict is with non-violence.  He urged humankind to make the herculean effort to raise themselves to the next level of human development by embracing and practicing non-violence.  Observation of an international day of non-violence in Hawaii on the birth date of Mahatma Gandhi on October 2 acknowledges the great works of one of mankind's greatest peace advocates.

     Your Committees have amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Human Services and Technology and the Arts that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 141, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.R. No. 141, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Human Services and Technology and the Arts,

____________________________ GLENN WAKAI, Chair

____________________________ SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair