STAND. COM. REP. NO. 249-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 2772

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Culture, Arts, & International Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2772 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE SEAL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require the use of modern Hawaiian orthography, including the kahakō and ʻokina, on the state seal.

Your Committee received comments on this measure from two individuals.

Your Committee finds that this measure aims to play a role in reviving the Hawaiian language and raising awareness of the proper spelling and pronunciation of Hawaiian words.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion.

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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2772, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2772, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs.

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

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ADRIAN K. TAM, Chair