STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1921

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: S.B. No. 732

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 732, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATE HOLIDAYS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish the second Monday in October of each year as Indigenous Peoples' Day.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Rainbow Family 808, Stonewall Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i, Volcano School of Arts & Sciences, and one individual. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from two individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Human Resources of the City and County of Honolulu.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 732, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair