STAND. COM. REP. NO. 864

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2025

RE: H.B. No. 307

H.D. 1

Honorable Nadine K. Nakamura

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2025

State of Hawaii

Madame:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 307, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SPECIAL NUMBER PLATES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize the issuance of special number plates to recognize restoration and preservation efforts on Kahoʻolawe Island by the Protect Kahoʻolawe ʻOhana, Kahoʻolawe Island Reserve Commission, and other community members.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Kahoʻolawe Island Reserve Commission; Protect Kahoʻolawe ʻOhana; Kuaʻāina Ulu ʻAuamo; Sierra Club of Hawaiʻi; and numerous individuals.

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 H.B. No. 307, 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