STAND. COM. REP. NO. 272-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 1924

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Culture, Arts, & International Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1924 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII STATE FOUNDATION ON CULTURE AND THE ARTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for the State of Hawaii Museum of Monarchy History and the State of Hawaii Museum of Natural and Cultural History.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, The Friends of Iolani Palace, and ten individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Department of Budget and Finance, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, and Society for Hawaiian Archaeology.

Your Committee finds that the State of Hawaii Museum of Monarchy History, also known as Iolani Palace, and the State of Hawaii Museum of Natural and Cultural History, also known as the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, are important repositories of the history and culture of Hawaii. Your Committee further finds that appropriating funds to ensure the continued operation of these important institutions is in the best interest of the State.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Culture, Arts, & International Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1924 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Culture, Arts, & International Affairs,

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CEDRIC ASUEGA GATES, Chair