THE SENATE

KA ‘AHA KENEKOA

THE THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2024

COMMITTEE ON HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS

Senator Maile S.L. Shimabukuro, Chair

Senator Kurt Fevella, Vice Chair

COMMITTEE ON WATER AND LAND

Senator Lorraine R. Inouye, Chair

Senator Brandon J.C. Elefante, Vice Chair

MEASURES DEFERRED TO TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2024

DATE:	Tuesday, February 13, 2024
TIME:	1:01 PM
PLACE:	Conference Room 224 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street
TIMESLOT:	HWN

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

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BUILDING HOURS: 7AM TO 5PM, MONDAY – FRIDAY

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SB 2589 Status & Testimony	RELATING TO BURIAL SITES. Increases the penalty for the desecration of Hawaiian and non-Hawaiian burial sites from a misdemeanor to a felony.	HWN/WTL, JDC
SB 2590 Status & Testimony	RELATING TO BURIAL SITES. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to amend the definitions of "inadvertent discovery" and "previously identified" in the HAR, to better protect burial sites.	HWN/WTL, JDC
SB 2591 Status & Testimony	RELATING TO BURIAL SITES. Allows individuals and ohana members to access burial sites on privately owned lands to identify, monitor, or record burial sites, or to conduct cultural practices related to burial sites.	HWN/WTL, JDC
SB 2592 Status & Testimony	RELATING TO BURIAL SITES. Requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources to amend the definition of "cultural descendant", in HAR, to more accurately capture relationships between individuals and families.	HWN/WTL, JDC

No testimony will be accepted.

FOR AMENDED NOTICES:  Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 808-586-7793.