STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3702

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.C.R. No. 86

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Government Operations and Labor, Culture and the Arts, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 86 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR TO RECOGNIZE AND COMMEMORATE AUGUST 26, 2020, AS WOMEN'S EQUALITY DAY, CELEBRATING THE CENTENNIAL OF, AND HONORING HAWAII'S ROLE IN, THE WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to request that the Governor to recognize and commemorate August 26, 2020, as Women's Equality Day to celebrate the centennial of, and honor Hawaii's role in, the women's suffrage movement.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from Common Cause Hawaii.

Your Committees finds that in 1973, Congress declared August 26th as National Women's Equality Day, to commemorate the certification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Your Committees further find that Hawaii has a proud history of exemplary women in leadership roles, especially in the United States Congress.

Your Committees have amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Government Operations and Labor, Culture and the Arts that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 86, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 86, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Government Operations and Labor, Culture and the Arts,

________________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair

________________________________ LAURA H. THIELEN, Chair