STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 1277-24
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2024
RE: S.B. No. 3312
S.D. 1
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 S.B. No. 3312, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATE GESTURE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to:
(1) Adopt, establish, and designate the shaka as the official gesture of the State; and
(2) Authorize the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts to develop a public work of art related to the shaka and its history to be displayed in a prominent location in the State.
Your Committee finds that all origin theories of the shaka gesture have the shaka developing within the State. Your Committee further finds that the shaka has positive connotations as it is used to share aloha, foster connection, and be pono. By adopting, establishing, and designating the shaka as the official gesture of the State, Hawaii can better preserve its brand association with the shaka, better secure recognition as the birthplace of the shaka, and better preserve the meaning of the shaka.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Changing its effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion; 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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3312, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3312, S.D. 1, 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 |
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