STAND. COM. REP. NO.
Honolulu, Hawaii
APR 0 3 2024
RE: S.R. No. 123
S. D. 1
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Thirty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2024
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism
and Higher Education, to which was referred S.R. No. 123 entitled:
"SENATE RESOLUTION REQUESTING STAKEHOLDERS TO UPDATE TO THE
EAST-WEST CENTER STUDY TITLED "HAWAII AS AN EAST-WEST BRIDGE:
A SURVEY OF THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF NON-TOURIST INTERNATIONAL
ACTIVITIES IN HAWAII","
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to request
stakeholders to update the East-West Center study titled "Hawaii
as an East-West Bridge: A Survey of the Economic Value of Non­
Tourist International Activities in Hawaii".
Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure
from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism
and East-West Center.
Your Committees find that the East-West Center is an
institution that was established by the United States Congress in
1960 to promote better relations and understanding among the
people and nations of the United States, Asia, and the Pacific
through cooperative study, research, and dialogue. Your
Committees further find that the East-West Center conducted a
study over thirty years ago surveying the economic value of non­
tourist international activities in Hawaii. Updating the study
would explore the modernized role that these activities play in
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the State's economy and will provide insight into the diverse
economic contributions beyond tourism that the State offers to the
global community to further support the State's resilience and
competitiveness in the global arena.
Your Committees note that this measure does not contain any
specific outcomes, benchmarks, goals, or objectives to be
accomplished from updating the East-West Center study. Your
Committees further note that although this measure requests
stakeholders to update the East-West Center study, only a
representative from the East-West Center was present to testify on
this measure, making it difficult to determine the efficacy or
benefit of this measure without any additional stakeholder input,
especially from the Department of Business, Economic Development,
and Tourism, whose written testimony suggests an estimate of costs
to complete the study.
Your Committees have amended this measure by making a
technical, nonsubstantive amendment to its title for the purposes
of clarity and consistency.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism and Higher
Education that are attached to this report, your Committees concur
with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 123, as amended herein,
and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.R.
No. 123, S.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on
behalf of the members of the
Committees on Energy, Economic
Development, and Tourism and
Higher Education,
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 The Senate
Thirty-Second Legislature
State of Hawaii
Record of Votes
Committee on Energy, Economic Deveiopment, and Tourism
EET
Bill / Resolution No.:* Committee Referral: Date:
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The Committee is reconsidering its previous decision on this measure.
If so. then the previous decision was to: ________________________________________________
The Recommendation is: i
Pass, unamended V Pass, with amendments __ Hold __ Recommit
2312 2311_____________________2310____________ 2313
Members Aye (WR) Nay Excused
DECOITE, Lynn (C)
WAKAI, Glenn (VC)
FUKUNAGA, Carol
KIM, Donna Mercado
FEVELLA, Kurt
TOTAL yr _ 1 1
Recommendation: __ X __ f
1_^ Adopted __ Not Adopted
Chair’s or Designee’s Signature: . X
Distribution: Original Vellow / Pink Goldenrod
File with Committee Repoi { Cl/k's Offjre Drafting Agency Committee File Copy
*Only one ms^ur^per Record of Votes
Revised: 12/27/23
 The Senate
Thirty-Second Legislature
State of Hawaii
Record of Votes
Committee on Higher Education
HRE
Bill / Resolution No.:* Committee Referral: Date:
The Committee is reconsidering its previous decision on this measure.
If so, then the previous decision was to:________________________________________________
The Recommendation is:
Pass, unamended Pass, with amendments __ Hold __ Recommit
2312 2311 2310 2313
Members Aye Aye (WR) Nay Excused
KIM, Donna Mercado (C)
KIDANI, Michelle N. (VC)
FUKUNAGA, Carol
HASHIMOTO, Troy N.
FEVELLA, Kurt
TOTAL 1
Recommendation:
Adopted __ Not Adopted
Chair’s or Designee’s Signature:
Distribution: Original Yellow Pink Goldenrod
File with Committee Report Clerk's Office Drafting Agency Committee File Copy
*Only one measure per Record of Votes
Revised: 12/27/23