STAND. COM. REP. NO 3176

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.R. No. 21

       S.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Technology and the Arts, to which was referred S.R. No. 21 entitled:

"SENATE RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING JANUARY 17 OF EVERY YEAR AS HO‘OKU‘IKAHI DAY, OR RECONCILIATION DAY, IN HONOR AND REMEMBRANCE OF THE JUSTICE, RECONCILIATION, AND NONVIOLENCE OF QUEEN LILI‘UOKALANI,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to recognize January 17 of every year as Ho‘oku‘ikahi Day, or Reconciliation Day, in honor and remembrance of the justice, reconciliation, and nonviolence of Queen Lili‘uokalani.

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Pacific Justice & Reconciliation Center, Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs, Interfaith Alliance Hawaii, Koolauhui‘ia Protestant Church, and twelve individuals.  Your Committees received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Center for Hawaiian Sovereignty Studies.  Your Committees received comments on this measure from one individual.

     Your Committees find that designating January 17 as Ho‘oku‘ikahi Day, or Reconciliation Day, will remind and educate the State's residents of the historical events surrounding the 1893 illegal overthrow of Queen Lili‘uokalani.  Accordingly, your Committees support an annual day of reflection to commemorate the unjust overthrow of Queen Lili‘uokalani and reflect on the State's commitment to achieving reconciliation as envisioned by Queen Lili‘uokalani.

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 Hawaiian Affairs and Technology and the Arts that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 21, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.R. No. 21, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Hawaiian Affairs and Technology and the Arts,

____________________________ GLENN WAKAI, Chair

____________________________ MAILE S.L. SHIMABUKURO, Chair