STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1629

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2021

RE: H.C.R. No. 112

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 112 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION DECLARING RACISM AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to declare racism as a public health crisis and to take all steps necessary to address racism in promoting racial equity.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawai'i State Commission on the Status of Women, American Heart Association, Planned Parenthood Votes Northwest and Hawaii, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Hawaii Health & Harm Reduction Center, Democratic Party of Hawaii Education Caucus, Imua Alliance, Hawaii Public Health Institute, Community Alliance on Prisons, Hawaii Public Health Association, Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law & Economic Justice, Young Progressives Demanding Action, ACLU of Hawaii, Our Revolution Hawaii, and numerous individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from Common Cause Hawaii.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 112 and recommends its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs,

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair