THE TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2014
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Senator Maile S.L. Shimabukuro, Chair |
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Senator Clayton Hee, Vice Chair |
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Senator Glenn Wakai, Chair |
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Senator Clarence K. Nishihara, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Friday, February 07, 2014 |
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TIME: |
3:15 p.m. |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 224 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
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RELATING TO QUEEN LILIUOKALANI. Changes inscription on Queen Liliuokalani statue to the dates of her coronation and death.
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HWN/TEC |
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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.
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HWN/TEC, WAM |
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RELATING TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' DAY. Re-designates the second Monday of October from "Discoverers' Day" to "Indigenous Peoples' Day".
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HWN/TEC |
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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.
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HWN/TEC, JDL |
Decision Making to follow, if time permits.
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FOR AMENDED NOTICES: Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored. If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.
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_____________________________________ Senator Glenn Wakai Chair |
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_____________________________________ Senator Maile S.L. Shimabukuro Chair |
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