STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2455

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2731

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Public Safety and Intergovernmental and Military Affairs and Transportation and Culture and the Arts, to which was referred S.B. No. 2731 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES FOR IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN WAR VETERANS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to create license plates to honor veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Veterans Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawaiʻi and two individuals.

Your Committees find that veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts sacrificed much in their lives to defend the citizens of the United States. Your Committees recognize that creating a special license plate for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans is an expression of gratitude for their service in protecting, not only our state citizens, but the citizens of our nation. Existing law does not include special license plates for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, therefore, this measure will create license plates to honor the veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Public Safety and Intergovernmental and Military Affairs and Transportation and Culture and the Arts that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2731 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 Public Safety and Intergovernmental and Military Affairs and Transportation and Culture and the Arts,

________________________________ CHRIS LEE, Chair

________________________________ GLENN WAKAI, Chair