STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2960

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 2181

H.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2181, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PEARL HARBOR REMEMBRANCE DAY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to establish December 7 of each year as Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day in Hawai‘i.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of Veterans Services, Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, and one individual.

Your Committee finds that the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941, is one of the most significant events in the State's history. As such, your Committee finds that it is important to recognize and honor the 2,403 service members and civilians who were killed during the attack. Therefore, your Committee finds that December 7 of each year should be established as Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day in Hawaii and that on that day citizens should contemplate the sacrifices of those lost during the attack, flags should fly at half-mast, and students should engage in appropriately designed activities and lessons.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2181, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs,

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CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair