STAND. COM. REP. NO. 887-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 2736

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2736, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to adopt, establish, and designate the shaka as the official gesture of the State.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from numerous individuals.

Your Committee finds that the shaka is emblematic of Hawaii's culture and the Aloha spirit. This measure would formally acknowledge and recognize the shaka as the official state gesture.

Your Committee has amended this measure by including a description of a shaka.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2736, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2736, H.D. 2.

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

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DAVID A. TARNAS, Chair