STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2684

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2442

       S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2442, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHILDREN AND YOUTH DAY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to establish activities of Children and Youth Day as an official state event.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the State Council on Developmental Disabilities, Special Education Advisory Council, Hawaii Children's Action Network, Hawaii Youth Services Network, Parents and Children Together, and two individuals.  Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Hawaii State Ethics Commission.

     Your Committee finds that the first Sunday in October is designated by state law as "Children and Youth Day."  Activities of Children and Youth Day promote participation of children, youth, families, organizations, businesses, and policymakers in celebrating and embracing the well-being of Hawaii's keiki.  Your Committee therefore finds that establishing activities of Children and Youth Day as an official state event is in the public interest.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2442, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair