STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2201

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: S.C.R. No. 148

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Culture, Arts & International Affairs, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 148 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE STATE FOUNDATION ON CULTURE AND THE ARTS TO ESTABLISH A MUSEUM OF MODERN HAWAII HISTORY TASK FORCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts to establish a Museum of Modern Hawaii History Task Force.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Judiciary, Department of Accounting and General Services, and State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.

Your Committee finds that the State has made national and global impact with groundbreaking public policy. Your Committee further finds that other institutions in the State share the histories and stories of Hawaii's history before the modern era, such as the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Iolani Palace, King Kamehameha V Judiciary History Center, and State Archives. Your Committee therefore finds that as history serves as a dialogue between past and present, this measure provides an additional opportunity for the State to share its history and story of the modern era with the world.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the dissolution date of the task force to at will; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Culture, Arts & International Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 148, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 148, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Culture, Arts & International Affairs,

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ADRIAN K. TAM, Chair