STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2350

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2952

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2952 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO QUEEN LILI‘UOKALANI DAY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to establish Queen Lili‘uokalani Day on the first Monday in the month of September each year, rather than on September 2, in order to coincide with Labor Day.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Ho‘omanapono Political Action Committee; Ho‘omana Pono, LLC; Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii; and two individuals. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from two individuals.

Your Committee finds that there are only two state holidays that honor ali‘i, which are King Kamehameha Day, June 11, and Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Day, March 26. There has not been a holiday honoring an ali‘i since statehood. Given that the year 2018 is the "Year of Remembrance of Queen Lili‘uokalani", your Committee believes that establishing Queen Lili‘uokalani Day to coincide with Labor Day will allow the State to recognize the legacy of her Majesty, Queen Lili‘uokalani.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2952 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 Hawaiian Affairs,

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MAILE S.L. SHIMABUKURO, Chair