STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 1957
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2025
RE: S.B. No. 1578
S.D. 2
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 S.B. No. 1578, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to:
(1) Officially designate the East-West Center as the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange between East and West, Inc., and exempt state fund appropriations to the East-West Center from chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes;
(2) Rename the Hawaii Sister-State Committee as the Hawaii Sister-State and International Partnerships Commission and amend its functions and membership;
(3) Require the Office of International Affairs to provide support to the Hawaii Sister-State and International Partnerships Commission;
(4) Expand the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism's authority to establish out-of-state offices to include out-of-state facilities to support sister-state or province relationships and other partnerships, generate revenue for the State, and buy property; and
(5) Appropriate funds to the Office of International Affairs to develop an updated strategy for the State's international engagement and to the East-West Center to help develop and maintain the State's international relationships, programs, and partnerships.
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. 1578, 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 |
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