STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3358

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.C.R. No. 50

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 50 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION DESIGNATING THE WAIANAE MOKU KUPUNA COUNCIL AS AN ADVISORY RESOURCE TO THE ELECTED MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII REPRESENTING THE WAIANAE MOKU COMMUNITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to request that the Waianae Moku Kupuna Council be designated by the Legislature as an advisory resource to its elected members representing the Waianae Moku community.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii State Aha Moku, Build Team 50, ‘Ai Pohaku, and nine individuals.

Your Committee finds that kupuna play an important role within households, businesses, and communities. The Waianae Moku Kupuna Council consists of members who are sixty years of age or older and are westside Oahu residents who have vast historic and cultural knowledge. This resolution requests that the Waianae Moku Kupuna Council be designated as an advisory resource to elected members of the Legislature to provide key perspective and input on various issues that are of importance to the Waianae Moku community.

Your Committee notes the concerns of the Hawaii State Aha Moku regarding the make-up, focus, and objective of this Council and whether if all Moku follow and become formally recognized by the Legislature, there would be conflict between separate Moku. Your Committee finds that the Waianae Moku Kupuna Council's role as a resource would be helpful to legislators of the district and that concerns raised should be monitored.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 50, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 50, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Hawaiian Affairs,

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MAILE S.L. SHIMABUKURO, Chair