STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1657-26

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2026

RE: H.C.R. No. 175

H.D. 1

Honorable Nadine K. Nakamura

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2026

State of Hawaii

Madame:

Your Committee on Economic Development & Technology, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 175 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REAFFIRMING THE LEGISLATURE'S COMMITMENT TO PARTICIPATE AS A MEMBER LEGISLATURE IN THE PACIFIC INTER-PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to reaffirm the Legislature's commitment to participate as a member legislature in the Pacific Inter-Parliamentary Assembly.

Your Committee did not receive any written testimony on this measure.

Your Committee finds that the Pacific Islands Parliamentary Group was established in 2019 to strengthen inter-parliamentary cooperation, facilitate the exchange of best legislative practices, and support democratic institutions throughout Oceania. Your Committee further finds that the Legislature has participated in the Pacific Islands Parliamentary Group since 2019. Your Committee recognizes that in August 2025, member legislatures adopted statutes establishing the Pacific Inter-Parliamentary Assembly as the successor organization to the Pacific Islands Parliamentary Group and that the transition to the Pacific Inter-Parliamentary Assembly requires participating legislatures to formally reaffirm their membership. Accordingly, this measure reaffirms the Legislature's commitment to participate as a member legislature in the Pacific Inter-Parliamentary Assembly.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development & Technology that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 175, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 175, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Development & Technology,

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GREGGOR ILAGAN, Chair