STAND. COM. REP. NO. 494

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2021

RE: H.B. No. 229

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Culture, Arts, & International Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 229 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO UNITED STATES SENATOR DANIEL K. AKAKA DAY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to designate September 11 of each year as "United States Senator Daniel K. Akaka Day.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from four individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from one individual.

Your Committee finds that Senator Daniel K. Akaka was the first United States Senator of Native Hawaiian ancestry who served as a Senator for Hawaii from 1990 to 2013 and served as a member of the State's House of Representatives from 1977 to 1990. This measure recognizes Senator Akaka's lifelong commitment to public service to Hawaii and the United States.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the day of recognition from September 11 to January 4;

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2065, to encourage further discussion; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

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. 229, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 229, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs.

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

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CEDRIC ASUEGA GATES, Chair