STAND

 

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 851-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: H.B. No. 2823

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2823, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BILL OF RIGHTS DAY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to develop awareness of and appreciation for freedom in our country by:

(1) Designating December 15^th as "Bill of Rights Day;" and

(2) Appropriating funds for activities commemorating the establishment and observation of Bill of Rights Day.

The Hawaii Civil Rights Commission, American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii, and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill.

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. 2823, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

 

		____________________________ DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair