STAND. COM. REP. NO.
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Honolulu, Hawaii
APR 0 3 2024
RE: S.R. No. 125
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Thirty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2024
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts, to
which was referred S.R. No. 125 entitled:
"SENATE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE STATE TO BEGIN PLANNING TO
COLLABORATE WITH PARTNERS IN JAPAN TO APPROPRIATELY RECOGNIZE
THE EIGHTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF WORLD WAR II,
INCLUDING THE ATOMIC BOMBINGS AND LIVES LOST IN JAPAN AND
HAWAII THROUGHOUT THE WAR, AND REAFFIRM A COMMITMENT TO
ENSURING THESE TRAGEDIES ARE NEVER REPEATED,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the
State to begin planning to collaborate with partners in Japan to
appropriately recognize the eightieth anniversary of the end of
World War II, including the atomic bombings and lives lost in
Japan and Hawaii throughout the war, and reaffirm a commitment to
ensuring these tragedies are never repeated.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and Japanese
Cultural Center.
Your Committee finds that August 2025 will mark the eightieth
anniversary of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki as
well as the conclusion of World War II in the Pacific. Your
Committee further finds that during World War II, Hawaii and Japan
lost countless lives in the attacks on Pearl Harbor, the atomic
bombings, and in battles throughout the Pacific theater and around
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the world. Your Committee concludes that properly recognizing and
honoring the lives lost in World War II, particularly at the
anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, will
reaffirm the lessons learned from these tragedies, strengthen
mutual respect and understanding between our people, and reaffirm
the deep friendship between Japan and Hawaii for new and future
generations.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts that is
attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent
and purpose of S.R. No. 125 and recommends its adoption.
Respectfully submitted on
behalf of the members of the
Committee on Transportation and
Culture and the Arts,
CHRIS LEE, Chair
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 The Senate
Thirty-Second Legislature
State of Hawaii
Record of Votes
Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts
TCA
Bill / Resolution No.:* Committee Referral: Date:
TCA
__ The Committee is reconsidering its previous decision on this measure.
If so, then the previous decision was to:______________________________________
The Recommendation is:
l^/l Pass, unamended Pass, with amendments __ Hold __ Recommit
2312 2311 2310 2313
Members Aye Aye (WR) Nay Excused
LEE. Chris (C)
INOUYE, Lorraine R. (VC)
ELEFANTE, Brandon J.C.
KANUHA, Dru Mamo
AWA, Brenton
TOTAL —
Recommendation: X
Vf Adopted
" __ Not Adopted
Chair’s or Designee’s Signature: (\
Distribution; Original Yellow J Pink Goldenrod
File with Committee Report Clerk's Office Drafting Agency Committee File Copy
*Only one measure per Record of Votes
Revised: 01/09/24