STAND. COM. REP. NO. 736-24

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 Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2772, H.D. 1, 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 testimony in support of this measure from one individual.

Your Committee finds that the State enacted Act 170, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022, which requires the inclusion of consistent Hawaiian names, words, and spelling in state and county letterhead. This measure would further expand these efforts by requiring the kahakō and ʻokina to be used on the state seal, where appropriate.

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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2772, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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DAVID A. TARNAS, Chair