STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3560

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.C.R. No. 209

S.D. 1

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 Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 209 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING ALL BRANCHES OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY TO DISPLAY THE HAWAIIAN FLAG ON ALL UNITED STATES MILITARY RESERVATIONS AND MILITARY TRAINING FACILITIES IN THE STATE,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to request all branches of the United States military to display the Hawaiian flag on all United States military reservations and military training facilities in the State.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Military Affairs Council and two individuals.

Your Committees find that the current version of the Hawaiian flag was adopted in 1845 and has been used by the Kingdom, Protectorate, Republic, Territory, and State of Hawaii. Your Committees further find that the State hosts more than three hundred thousand United States military personnel, along with more than eleven military reservations and military training facilities. Your Committees conclude that all military reservations and training facilities should display the Hawaiian flag as a gesture of respect and recognition to the State and its communities.

Your Committees have amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Public Safety and Intergovernmental and Military Affairs and Hawaiian Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 209, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 209, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Public Safety and Intergovernmental and Military Affairs and Hawaiian Affairs,

________________________________ MAILE S.L. SHIMABUKURO, Chair

________________________________ GLENN WAKAI, Chair