HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2022

 

COMMITTEE ON CULTURE, ARTS, & INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Rep. Cedric Asuega Gates, Chair

Rep. Adrian K. Tam, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Sharon E. Har

Rep. Ryan I. Yamane

Rep. Jeanne Kapela

Rep. Gene Ward

Rep. Scott Y. Nishimoto

 

 

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

DATE:

Wednesday, February 9, 2022

TIME:

10:30 AM

PLACE:

VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE

Conference Room 329

State Capitol

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A G E N D A

 

HB 1765

Status

RELATING TO THE BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP MUSEUM.

Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds for assisting the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum with a capital improvement project.

 

CAI, FIN

HB 1818

Status

RELATING TO BROTHER JOSEPH DUTTON DAY.

Designates April 27 of each year as Brother Joseph Dutton Day.

 

CAI, JHA

HB 1923

Status

RELATING TO THE CREATIVE WORKFORCE.

Establishes the creative arts workforce grant program, to be administered by the state foundation on culture and the arts.  Appropriates funds for the creative arts workforce grant program.

 

CAI, FIN

HB 1924

Status

RELATING TO THE HAWAII STATE FOUNDATION ON CULTURE AND THE ARTS.

Appropriates funds to the State of Hawaii Museum of Monarchy History and the State of Hawaii Museum of Natural and Cultural History, to be expended by the Hawaii state foundation on culture and the arts.

 

CAI, FIN

HB 1957

Status

RELATING TO MEDICAL CANNABIS DAY.

Establishes June 14 of each year as "Medical Cannabis Day".

 

CAI, JHA

HB 2056

Status

RELATING TO THE BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP MUSEUM.

Appropriates moneys to support the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum.

 

CAI, FIN

HB 2202

Status

RELATING TO STATE SYMBOLS.

Designates ohia lehua as the state endemic tree.

 

CAI, JHA

HB 2329

Status

RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION.

Requires the department of land and natural resources to place markers in the State to indicate significant sites in the life of President Barack Obama and appropriates funds to place the markers throughout the State.

 

CAI, FIN

HB 2346

Status

RELATING TO THE STATE FOUNDATION ON CULTURE AND THE ARTS.

Appropriates funds to the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts Artist Fellowship Program for the awarding of one-time fellowships to promising artists.

 

CAI, FIN

HB 2404

Status

RELATING TO COMPACTS OF FREE ASSOCIATION.

Creates a task force to conduct a census of COFA residents in Hawaii.

 

CAI, FIN

HB 2445

Status

RELATING TO VOLUNTEER MONTH.

Designates the month of April as Volunteer Month; provided that the month is not construed as a state holiday.

 

CAI, JHA

 

 

 

 

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Rep. Cedric Asuega Gates

Chair