STAND. COM. REP. NO. 270

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 117

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Transportation and Culture and the Arts and Public Safety and Intergovernmental and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 117 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SPECIAL NUMBER PLATES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to authorize the issuance of special number plates to commemorate Carissa Kainani Moore.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Outrigger Duke Kahanamoku Foundation and one individual.

Your Committees find that, during the first Olympic surfing competition in the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics, Carissa Kainani Moore ably represented Hawaii with grace and power as she became the first Olympic gold medalist in Olympic surfing history. Furthermore, she was a multi-year women's surfing champion and an advocate for numerous charitable causes, including her support of local surf clubs, gender equity, and awareness of eating disorders. Your Committees further find that Carissa Kainani Moore is a role model for keiki and an Ambassador of Aloha for the State. Therefore, this measure will authorize the issuance of a special number plate to, not only recognize the achievements of Carissa Kainani Moore, but to also raise funds to support programs addressing gender equity across the State.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Transportation and Culture and the Arts and Public Safety and Intergovernmental and Military Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 117 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Transportation and Culture and the Arts and Public Safety and Intergovernmental and Military Affairs,

________________________________ GLENN WAKAI, Chair

________________________________ CHRIS LEE, Chair