HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE

INTERIM OF 2025

COMMITTEE ON CULTURE & ARTS

Rep. Jeanne Kapela, Chair

Rep. Sam Satoru Kong, Vice Chair

Rep. Andrew Takuya Garrett	Rep. Jackson D. Sayama
Rep. Mike Lee	Rep. Julie Reyes Oda

NOTICE OF INFORMATIONAL BRIEFING

DATE:	Wednesday, January 14, 2026
TIME:	9:30 am
PLACE:	VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE Conference Room 329 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street

A live stream link of this meeting will be available online shortly before the scheduled start time.

Click here for the live stream of this meeting via YouTube.

A G E N D A

The purpose of this briefing is to provide an overview of the State Foundation on Culture and Arts' annual report and current needs, discuss an implementation update on Act 131, provide insight on adjustments made to the Artist in the Schools Program and future goals, discuss the updated process for public commissioning of art, provide an update on the Capitol Pools project, and allow members to ask questions.

Reports:

1) State Foundation on Culture and Arts

No public testimony will be accepted.

The livestream and/or cable TV broadcast of this meeting will include closed captioning.  If you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation (including oral, written, or ASL interpretive services) or are unable to submit testimony via the website due to a disability, please contact the committee clerk at (808) 586-9605. Requests made as early as possible have a greater likelihood of being fulfilled.

For further information, please call the Committee Clerk at (808) 586-9605.

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Rep. Jeanne Kapela

Chair

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Rep. Nadine K. Nakamura

Speaker of the House