STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1792

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   S.C.R. No. 150

      S.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs and Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 150, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS TO CONVENE A STUDY GROUP TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE LEGISLATURE ON AN APPROPRIATE MEANS TO HONOR ROBERT WILLIAM KALANIHIAPO WILCOX, HAWAII'S FIRST ELECTED DELEGATE TO THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request:

(1)  The Office of Hawaiian Affairs to convene a study group to recommend to the Legislature an appropriate means to honor Robert William Kalanihiapo Wilcox, Hawaii's first elected delegate to the United States Congress; and

(2)  The study group to submit a report of its recommendations, including proposed legislation, to the Legislature prior to the Regular Session of 2018.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Ho‘omana Pono, LLC, and several individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Center for Hawaiian Sovereignty Studies opposed this measure.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs and Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 150, S.D. 1, and recommend that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs and Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts,

____________________________ KEN ITO, Chair

____________________________ KANIELA ING, Chair