STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2954
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.C.R. No. 41
Honorable Donna Mercado Kim
President of the Senate
Twenty-Seventh State Legislature
Regular Session of 2014
State of Hawaii
Madam:
Your Committees on Education and Human Services, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 41 entitled:
"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO ASSIST WITH INCREASING VOTER REGISTRATION AMONG YOUNG ADULTS,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the Department of Education and Department of Human Services to assist with increasing voter registration among young adults by:
(1) Requesting the Department of Education to provide seniors at every public school with voter registration information prior to graduation;
(2) Requesting the Department of Human Services to provide young adults who are in young adult voluntary foster care with information on voter registration; and
(3) Requesting the Department of Human Services to provide additional information about the voter registration process to any young adult who inquires.
Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Education, Department of Human Services, Office of Elections, Hawaii Youth Services Network, and one individual.
Your Committees find that this measure will provide young adults with more information regarding the voter registration process and may encourage more young adults to exercise their right to vote.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Human Services that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 41 and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Labor.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Education and Human Services,
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____________________________ SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair |
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____________________________ JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair |
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