STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2526

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2583

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2583 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to designate June 21 of each year as International Yoga Day.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Gandhi International Institute for Peace, Creative Cuisine, All Believers Network, and four individuals.

Your Committee finds that yoga is a long standing tradition in Indian culture that is practiced by many people in Hawaii. On December 11, 2014, the United Nations adopted UN General Assembly Resolution A/Res/69/131, which proclaimed June 21 as the International Day of Yoga. Accordingly, this measure will recognize June 21 of each year as the International Day of Yoga in Hawaii.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2583 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair