THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2014

 

COMMITTEE ON HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS

Senator Maile S.L. Shimabukuro, Chair

Senator Clayton Hee, Vice Chair

 

COMMITTEE ON TECHNOLOGY AND THE ARTS

Senator Glenn Wakai, Chair

Senator Clarence K. Nishihara, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Friday, February 07, 2014

TIME:

3:15 p.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 224

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

SB 233

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO QUEEN LILIUOKALANI.

Changes inscription on Queen Liliuokalani statue to the dates of her coronation and death.

 

HWN/TEC

SB 234

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO BURIAL SITES.

Establishes a task force to develop additional procedures and protocols in the event a lineal or cultural descendant of Native Hawaiian skeletal remains that are interred at a burial site cannot be established.

 

HWN/TEC, WAM

SB 317

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' DAY.

Re-designates the second Monday of October from "Discoverers' Day" to "Indigenous Peoples' Day".

 

HWN/TEC

SB 469

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE.

Designates the month of February as "Olelo Hawai‘i Month" to celebrate and encourage the use of Hawaiian language.  Requires that all letterheads, documents, symbols, and emblems of the State and other political subdivisions include accurate and appropriate Hawaiian names and language.  Establishes references for accurate, appropriate, and authentic Hawaiian names and words, including proper Hawaiian spelling and punctuation.  Clarifies that the full text of bills and other official documents are not required to be written in Hawaiian and that misspelled or incorrectly punctuated Hawaiian words and names shall not invalidate the documents or render them unenforceable and no cause of action shall arise accordingly.

 

HWN/TEC, JDL

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

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Senator Glenn Wakai

Chair

 

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Senator Maile S.L. Shimabukuro

Chair