STAND. COM. REP. NO. [$93
Honolulu, Hawaii
APRUHOB
RE: s.R. No. 93
s.D. 1
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Thirty—Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2023
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Public Safety and Intergovernmental and
Military Affairs and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.R.
No. 93 entitled:
"SENATE RESOLUTION URGING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO PASS
THE HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS PRESERVATION ACT, H.R. RES. 9614,
ll7TH CONG. (2ND SESS. 2022), TO LOWER THE REQUIRED MINIMUM
BLOOD QUANTUM FOR CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS
SUCCESSOR LESSEE BENEFICIARIES FROM ONE-QUARTER NATIVE
HAWAIIAN BLOOD TO ONE THIRTY-SECOND,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to urge the United
States Congress to pass the Hawaiian Home Lands Preservation Act
to lower the required minimum blood quantum for certain Department
of Hawaiian Home Lands successor lessee beneficiaries from one—
quarter native Hawaiian blood to one thirty—second.
Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure
from the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and three individuals.
Your Committees received testimony in opposition to this measure
from one individual.
Your Committees find that the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act
of 1920, as amended, is meant for the rehabilitation of the native
Hawaiian people through a government—led homesteading program.
However, in the near future, the minimum blood quantum requirement
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of one-half native Hawaiian blood will essentially bar all new
applicants and thus frustrate the purpose and intent of the
Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1920, as amended. In realizing
the dilutive effect of interracial marriages on the blood quantum,
the State reduced the minimum blood quantum requirement of certain
lessees successors from one—quarter to one thirty—second by
enacting Act 80, Session Laws of Hawaii 2017 (Act 80). Your
Committees believe that the passage of the Hawaiian Home Lands
Preservation Act will align the federal minimum blood quantum
requirement with that established by Act 😯 and satisfy the legal
requirement that Act 80 receives the consent of the United States
Congress to become effective. This measure will help to ensure
that future successor lessees can continue to qualify as
beneficiaries of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1920.
Your Committees have amended this measure by:
(l) Urging Hawaii's congressional delegation to re—introduce
and support the passage of the Hawaiian Home Lands
Preservation Act instead of urging the United States
Congress to pass the Hawaiian Home Lands Preservation
Act;
(2) Amending its title to reflect its amended purpose; and
(3) 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.R. No. 93,
as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached
hereto as S.R. No. 93, S.D. 1.
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Respectfully submitted on
behalf of the members of the
Committees on Public Safety and
Intergovernmental and Military
Affairs and Hawaiian Affairs,
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 The Senate
Thirty-Second Legislature
State of Hawai‘i
Record of Votes
Committee on Public Safety and Intergovernmental and Military Affairs
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Bill / Resolution No.:* Committee Referral: Date:
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820W VSMI HUN
The Committee is reconsidering its previous decision on this measure.
3 Mm
If so, then the previous decision was to:
The Recommendation is:
D Pass, unamended
231 2
fl/Pass, with amendments
2311
Hold
231 O
D Recommit
231 3
WAKAI, Glenn (C)
Members
ELEFANTE, Brandon J.c. (v0)
FUKUNAGA, Carol
V/
Aye
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/ Aye (WR) Nay Excusep/
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MCKELVEY, Angus L.K. V /‘
AWA, Brenton V
Recommendation:
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Not Adopted
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Chair’s or
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 The Senate
Thirty-Second Legislature
State of Hawai‘i
Record of Votes
Committee on Hawaiian Affairs
HWN
Bill / Resolution No.:* Committee Referral: Date:
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D The Committee is reconsidering its previous decision on this measure.
If so, then the previous decision was to:
The Recommendation is:
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Pass, unamended Pass, with amendments Hold Recommit
2312 2311 2310 2313
Members
SHIMABUKURO, Mane S.L. (C)
FEVELLA, Kurt (VC)
IHARA, Jr., Les
KEOHOKALOLE, Jarrett
RICHARDS, m, Herbert M. “Tim"
Aye/
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Aye (WR) Nay
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TOTAL 3 — r Z
Recommendation:
Adopted D Not Adopted
Ware:
Chair’s or
Distribution: Original
File with Committee Report
% Yellow
Clerk's Office
Pink
Drafting Agency
Goldenrod
Committee File Copy
*Only one measure per Record of Votes
Revised: 11/30/22