STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3125

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3338

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 3338, 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 moneys to the Department of Health for designing, planning, and constructing the Kalaupapa Memorial.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Maui County Council, Damien Museum, IDEA Center for the Voices of Humanity, Ka ‘Ohana O Kalaupapa, ‘Ahahui o na Kauka - Association of Native Hawaiian Physicians, and numerous individuals.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance.

Your Committee finds that the Kalaupapa Memorial will serve as a symbol of justice for the estimated eight thousand individuals forcibly sent to and isolated at Kalaupapa, and as a place of healing and reconnection for their families.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the appropriation amount from $5,000,000 to an unspecified sum;

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

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

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. 3338, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3338, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair