STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3039

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2796

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2796, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE KALAUPAPA MEMORIAL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds for the design, plans, and construction of the Kalaupapa memorial.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Office of Community Services of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Ka Ohana O Kalaupapa, and numerous individuals.

Your Committee finds that the Kalaupapa memorial will serve as a permanent commemoration of the people having Hansen's disease who were isolated by government policies on the island of Molokai.

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. 2796, 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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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair